Episode 105: U.S. Representative Donna Shalala on How Nurses Advocate for Peers and Patients

ONS Chief Executive Officer Brenda Nevidjon, MSN, RN, FAAN, and members of the ONS Board of Directors from across the United States share a conversation with U.S. Representative Donna E. Shalala (D-FL) on Shalala’s role in the Institute of Medicine’s historic Future of Nursing report, how the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic influenced global perspectives on nurses, and ways that nurses can advocate for improved healthcare policy reform.

Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod 

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Episode Notes

Check out these resources from today’s episode:

• U.S. Representative Donna E. Shalala (D-FL)
• The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health report
• Episode 55: The Youth Vaping Epidemic
• Other Oncology Nursing Podcast episodes on advocacy
• Advocacy articles on ONS Voice
• ONS Center for Advocacy and Health Policy