Nursing Students Attend Advocacy Day
Senior nursing students, along with five faculty members, attended the 29th annual Missouri Nurses Association (MONA) Nurse Advocacy Day in Jefferson City, Mo., Feb. 18.
The group spent the day learning about the political process that affects all nurses and nursing students, and how their voice can be heard in the state government. This event gave the students an opportunity to advocate for nursing issues at the state level, as well as meet with various state officials. The priority legislative issues discussed were Medicaid expansion, creating a prescription drug monitoring program and providing more prescriptive authority for advanced practice registered nurses.
