ELECTED OFFICE

TO PREPARE:

• Review resources about running for elected office.
• Consider what it might take—including resources, manpower, education, money, etc.—to run for office.
• Research nurses who have become elected officials.
• Consider why nurses might consider running for office.

Post a response detailing the following:

• What does it take to run for elected office? What are the resources you may need?
• After determining what it takes to run for office, identify an elected official that is a nurse (anywhere in the world), and then provide an introduction, with a picture, for this official.
• Finally, explain why running for office is important for nurses to consider.

INCLUDE AT LEAST 3 REFERENCES, APA FORMAT