Prescription for Nurses: Effective Political Action

by Mary Jane Lloyd Zusy and Marilyn Goldwater

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801628512
• ISBN13: 9780801628511
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Mosby
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

A to-the-point primer for political action for nurses.

In contrast with a neighborhood swimming pool, in politics the more people who jump in the cleaner it becomes, say Marilyn Goldwater and Mary Jane Lloyd Zusy in their political primer for nurses. Nurses are the major providers of health care in the United States, and for the past 25 years have been getting their feet wet in matters affecting health policy. Prescription for Nurses urges the reader to start small. Become active in voter registration, community politics and political campaigns. The book acknowledges that 95% of professional nurses are women who are wives, mothers and caregivers of elderly parents. Elected or appointed officials who are not particularly knowledgeable about health care create health policy. Goldwater and Zusy stress that the simple act of sending a letter or postcard to a legislator concerning a health issue is a significant political beginning. The book is well-written with concise chapters on the media and how to use it, effective lobbying and how to run for office. Prescription for Nurses' chapter on political action committees (PACS) includes a historical perspective and the best explanation of the PAC "soft money" loophole I have ever read. Nurses, pick up this prescription before you dive into the political pool.