Young, Judith2019-10-212019-10-212019Young, J. (2019). An educational strategy to inform legislators and nurses about the professional nursing role. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 50(4), 150-152. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/00220124-20190319-04https://hdl.handle.net/1805/21211Nurses provide an informed perspective to influence decision making with health care-related legislation. This article describes a strategy that can inform legislators about the contemporary nursing role and its influence on patient safety, as well as raise nurse awareness of the professional responsibility for political advocacy and how to engage in this role.en-USNursingPolicyLegislationArticle