Walden University- NURS-6050-12, Policy & Advocacy for Population Health

Nurses as Leaders in Health Care Reform

Walden University Project- Week 2- Discussion 1

Nurses play a vital role as innovators who helped the shape of safety and quality of patient life (Kovner & Knickman, 2011). It is all up to nurses that they build scientific foundation for prevention, clinical practice and improvement in patient outcomes. However, there are some significant challenges that each individual nurse or profession address for helping healthcare system, as it provide high quality care for patient (Corey-Lisle, et.al, 1999).

Hassmiller, (2010) suggested that Advance practice of nurses (APN) allowed ...