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Politics is a touchy subject for many people. There are different views and some people are close minded and some are open minded. This means that when politics are brought up people usually go one way or the other on issues; however, there are always people in the middle as well. Nurses end up in politics more than some would think because they are health care role models. Nurses hold a lot of power in politics because they are looked up to by society. They are health care role models and people go to them when they don’t know what to do. They are able to show people the right and wrong things to do and then the people make their decisions. If there is a medical issue in the political spot light nurses have the ability to shift the public’s opinion of the issue. Another thing they can do to help is little things such as not smoking. There are nurses who are alcoholics which does not make them good role models. There are also nurses who are smokers and aloud to smoke nearby the hospital. This is terrible for a health care professional because their patients see them. There are a couple ways to increase one’s political power. One of these ways is to be a good role model in the community. They must be taken seriously so being a successful person in society is very important. Another way is to volunteer in several different charities. Finally it is very important to always be updated on the issues and understand them. They should research each side’s opinion and then form their own or agree with one of the others already made. Nurses and health care professionals can work together to reduce the impact of political issues. They can improve their political influence by practicing what they preach. They must join together and stop smoking, stop being alcoholics and be better role models. They can help take politics out of the hospitals as much as they can. To do this they could do things such as not being understaffed and having the money to get the equipment they need to be more successful. The political issues I feel motivated to influence is how understaffed the hospitals are. The nurses need help so they do everything correctly. When they are overworked things get messy and not done to the efficiency and professionalism they could be done with if they were not understaffed. There are court cases going on right now because of mistakes nurses have made from being understaffed, mistakes that would not have been made if they weren’t understaffed. To be more politically active I will have to stay more informed on the issues and do research of the possible outcomes. I will do my best to get all available resources to promote what I believe in. I will try to have an article written in the newspaper to help raise awareness. My strengths will be that I know a lot of people from a lot of different areas so raising awareness and getting help will be easier. My weakness would be getting my idea out of Maine and all over the United States. All in all I believe I would do a very good job at promoting my opinion and ideas. Nursing politics is very important because nurses are respected people within society. People turn to them when they need help and nurses give them the help they are looking for. Therefore, nurses need to be good role models for those around them if they ever want to be taken seriously in politics.