need info on nurse lobbyists

[bigboyjerome]

HI everyone,

God willing, I'll be graduating this october for my BSN. I am currently in las vegas but i wanna go back to california to work there. I wanna ask if anybody here knows anything about working as a nurse in the government? My other bachelor's degree is political science and Id like to find a job where I can make good use of my two majors. Lobbying is one thing I can think of but if there are other fields I can look into, it would really be great.

Thanks.

Jerome

[hellerd2003, RN]

You could, in addition to keeping an ear open for nurse lobbyist jobs in general, check out jobs with the California Nurses Association. They do a lot of good work promoting nursing issues/ fighting for nurse rights/ promoting patient advocacy.

Are you planning on doing bedside at all? Just asking, because it might be difficult to fully understand/ advocate for health care change if you've never experienced the problems inherent in the system first-hand.

[bigboyjerome]

Bedside is deffntly something that Im considering to do but if id be lucky enough to find a job in the government(local, state or fed), that would be great. Im almost done with the program but I still dont feel as confident in it as I was in my previous field. Thanks for the reply.=)