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POWER AND POLITICS IN NURSING AND LOBBYING. …….. Prasanna. INTRODUCTION. TERMINOLOGIES. AUTONOMY TABOO OPPRESSED EMPOWERMENT FLEETING. HISTORY OF POWER IN NURSING. Power was considered as a taboo in nursing
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POWER AND POLITICS IN NURSING AND LOBBYING ……..Prasanna
TERMINOLOGIES • AUTONOMY • TABOO • OPPRESSED • EMPOWERMENT • FLEETING
HISTORY OF POWER IN NURSING • Power was considered as a taboo in nursing • Major decisions about nursing education and practice were taken by persons out of nursing • However, even these days we the nurses behave like oppressed group and get involved in intra and intergroup conflicts
DEFINITIONS • Power can be defined as the capacity to produce or prevent changes. – Sullivan and Decker 1997. • Power is the “force of energy to accomplish a task, meet a goal, promote changes or influence others. • Power is a means of protecting ourselves against the cruelty, indifference or ruthlessness of other people. - Korda 1975
CHARACTERISTICS OF POWER • Power is fleeting, never permanent. • Power is a neutral concept, neither good nor bad in itself. • Power can be constructive and useful / it can be destructive and harmful. • Power controls, corrects and corrupts. • Power is reciprocal that is when one person has control other person gives it up.
INDIVIDUAL SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES AS SOURCES OF POWER • High energy and physical endurance • Directing energy • Successfully reading the behavior of others • Adaptability and flexibility • Motivation to engage and confrontconflict • Subordinating one's ego
CONCEPTUAL SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES • Professional Competence • Conceptual Flexibility • Future Vision • Conceptual Competence • Political Sensitivity
POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES • Interpersonal Competence • Empowering Subordinates • Team Performance Facilitation • Objectivity • Initiative/Commitment
STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPING POWER / POWERFUL IMAGE Self image Grooming and well-dressed Good manners Good body language Speech Own values, attitudes and beliefs Networking Mentoring Goal setting Developing expertise
EXERCISING POWER IN THE WORK PLACE / ORGANIZATION • Collegiality and collaboration • An empowering attitude • Developing coalitions • Negotiating
POWER MECHANISM • ASSERTIVENESS • INGRATIATION • RATIONALITY • SANCTIONS • UPWARD APPEAL • BLOCKING • COALITIONS
HISTORY OF POLITICS IN NURSING • Florence Nightingale • Hannah Ropes • Lillian and Margaret Sangar • In 1974, ANA formed the nurses coalition in politics(N-CAP) which was the first political action committee
DEFINITION • Politics means influencing the allocation of scarce resources – Talbott and Vance 1981. • Politics means action designed to attain a purpose by the use of political power or by activity in political channels – Gloria Pavla.
POLITICAL ACTION • Communication that is assertive, clear and concise. • Collectivity, a source of power and the foundation for neat networking coalition- building and collaboration. • Collegiality, a sense of community, birth hood and foundation for building esteem.
SKILLS that make up a nurse politician • Ability to analyze an issue / assessment skills • Ability to present a possible frame and present arguments in support of her /his recommendation. • Ability to participate in a constructive way • Ability to voice your opinion.
LOBBYING • The word lobbyist comes from the chambers in which the act of lobbying usually takes place, a room near legislative bodies, for instance, or even the lobby of hotels where important people are staying.
DEFINITION • Lobbying (also Lobby) is a form of advocacy with the intention of influencing decisions made by legislators and officials in the government by individuals, other legislators, constituents, or advocacy groups.
LOBBYING METHODS • Political action committees, • High-tech communication techniques, • Coalitions among groups and industries sharing the same political goals, and • Campaigns to mobilize constituents at the grassroots level.
BIBLIOGRAPHY • Persis Mary Hamilton, Realities Of Contemporary Nursing, California, 2nd Edition 1996, Pp: 276. • Joann Zerwekh, Ju Carol Claborn, Nursing Today – Transition And Trends, Philadelphia, W B Sanders Company , 1999, Pp: 240. • Leauette Lancaster, Nursing Issues In Leading And Meaning Change, Newyork, Massy 2009, Pp: 234. • Brigid Mc Copier, HealtherGa, journal - Tradition And Reality, Nursing And politics in Australia, 2002, pp: 124. • Ruth m tappen, nursing leadership and management concepts and practice, 3rd edition, pp: 348-350. • Indian journal of nursing, volume 2, September 2008, pp :39-42.