Blog Reflection

This, being most of our first blog experience, has been a very educational one that has opened our eyes to the benefits of sharing opinions through social networking. When reading the other blogs it was very beneficial to have issues that pertain to our potential lives and professions in such an easy to learn way. This has definitely motivated us to become more involved politically as nurses now that we have seen all of the potentially beneficial legislature pertaining to our profession. Why does being a patient advocate have to stop when you leave the hospital?

Nursing gives us the unique opportunity to see people's needs from a different perspective and it is amazing that we have this way to share our insight with politicians who lack the knowledge of how beneficial some of this legislature really is to our society. Our perception of the nurse's role in politics has been forever changed and we look forward to learning more about how we can make a difference in the world.

Being Put into Action

As a group we contacted all of the key stakeholders associated with our bill on Food Deserts. We received no reply from any of the politicians and our bill continues to be left in Rules. We firmly believe that this bill will not get passed without serious additions and revisions, some of which are stated in our political action plan.

If additions were made to the bill stating exactly where the money would come from and how it would be used, this bill would be easily supported but until the additions are made no further progress can be made.

We think this is a really great idea that could greatly benefit underserved communities in our State. The benefits of a healthy diet being affordable and available are invaluable to the health status of these communities. We hope that our opinions of additions will be taken into consideration and that this bill will eventually be passed leading towards a healthy America.