title: An association's campaign to influence policy.
abstract: When an opportunity was opened to make its voice heard in the arenas of political action and policy development, the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), a member of the American Nurses Association, began to implement strategies to achieve its policy goals. Below, the strategies it used to influence the policymakers on issues important to professional nursing.
authors.affiliation: State University of New York, Brooklyn.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Birnbach
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Orr
mesh_terms: D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D009518:New York; D009726:Nurses / Q000600:supply & distribution; D011050:Policy Making; D011057:Politics; D011641:Public Relations; D012956:Societies, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration