NSG 4068 Week 4 Project – Reaching Out a Solution Where is the power leverage in the school to reach the preferred solution?

Manson et al. (2016) emphasize that integrating diverse power sources facilitates the overall determination of reaching a solution. In this case scenario, the school principal and the staff would demonstrate legitimate power due to their respective positions in the school. The school nurse, however, has expert and information power as he can offer medical understanding and use his nursing skills to resolve this matter. The school nurse may also use persuasion power to convince the stakeholders why it is important to solve the issue.

Conclusively, there is no doubt that the issue will be resolved through the collaboration of all stakeholders. Through the school nurse’s abilities, medical understanding, and power sources, it would be achievable to establish new policies in the school. From the scenario, we can deduce that nurses have a vital role in ensuring that the laws enacted in their institutions or government lead to a better quality of patient care and enhanced patient outcomes.

References

Manson, J. D, Gardner, B. D, Hopkins, F & O’Grady, T. E. (2016). Policy & politics in nursing and health care. Seventh Edition, Elsevier Inc.

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