1. How should healthcare professionals proactively plan to update their knowledge and skills to respond to the major public health issues and challenges facing them and their clients?
2. What are the most pressing health care problems you see in your community? How can you frame that issue in a health policy context?
3. Can you identify areas in your own political competence that require growth? What do you need to learn to be more effective?
4. Why has nursing made policy and political competence such a strong part of the nursing curriculum and role development?
