Advancing evidence-based policy change is a leadership challenge that nurses should embrace. Key tips to ensure that evidence-based policy changes are successful at the individual, community, and population levels are offered to help nurses through the change process. The public trust in the nursing profession is a leverage point that should be used to advance the use of evidence, expedite change, and improve health for students and across communities.
American Nurses Association & National Association of School Nurses. (2017). School nursing: Scope & standards of practice (3rd ed.). Silver Spring, MD: Author.
