Nurse advocacy is crucial in shaping policy, enhancing patient outcomes, and influencing healthcare finance. The nurses’ understanding of various stakeholders and their influence on policy is critical to the role of advocate. Three levels for advocacy guide the nurse in their approach to policy development, revision, and implementation. These levels are advocacy at the 1) microsystem (local or individual level), 2) mesosystem (organization or community), and 3) macrosystem (state, national, or global). • In 300 words or less, • Describe your experience advocating within each of the three levels of advocacy (microsystem, mesosystem, or macrosystem). EX can be from a school nurse, home health casemanager, Director of nursing in long term care, managed care case manager. • Consider stakeholders across the three levels. How does advocacy engagement with stakeholders differ among the three levels of advocacy? • At which level of advocacy (microsystem, mesosystem, or macrosystem) do you feel you could expand your involvement? • Provide examples of how you may expand your involvement at the identified advocacy level and how this growth(obtaining you BSN vs ADN) aligns with your professional identity as a nurse. attach AI and Turnitin reports May be used if needed. Textbook(s) Mason, D. L., Perez, A., McLemore, M. R., & Dickson, E. (2021). Policy & politics in nursing and health care (8th ed.). Elsevier Health Sciences (US). https://pageburstls.elsevier.com/books/9780323554985
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