The health-promoting nurse as a health policy career expert and entrepreneur.
A plethora of literature suggests that many nurses struggle in their attempts to develop a political role that allows them to directly influence and implement health policy activity. Nursing curricula are an integral part of ensuring that nurses are capable of taking on a more active role in initiating and developing health policy processes, through a broadening of the health promotion curriculum that focuses on socio-political approaches to health care provision. Despite this, the available literature suggests that the majority of nursing curricula are yet to fulfil this role. Such a role could be supported by attempts to define and promote a specific career route that develops nurses as health policy experts and entrepreneurs early on in their careers. This article aims to put forward a rationale for developing such a position in nursing education.
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University of Plymouth, Faculty of Human Sciences, Institute of Health Studies, Veysey Building, Earl Richards Road North, Devon, Exeter EX2 6AS, UK. dwhitehead@plymouth.ac.uk
D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D016520:Entrepreneurship; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D024802:Nurse's Role; D012941:Social Responsibility; D006113:United Kingdom