A Seat at the Table: Global Nursing's Critical Imperative.

EMPLOYMENT in foreign countries; OCCUPATIONAL achievement; NURSES; NURSING; NURSING practice; POLITICAL participation; PRACTICAL politics; PUBLIC health; SPECIAL days; OCCUPATIONAL roles; COVID-19 pandemic

The author reflects on the importance of nurses' inclusion in the public health policymaking process in the U.S. and around the world. Topics include how nurses played a key role in fighting the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, and some proposed actions to improve public health like strengthening nursing education, lessening barriers of nursing regulation, and expanding advanced practice.