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Policy frames nursing practice in the most fundamental way: through state nurse practice acts (NPA) which date back over one hundred years in many states. NPAs frame nursing practice by defining a professional scope and educational requirements for practice. NPAs have not remained stagnant over the past century, rather they have evolved – but only with the active involvement of nurses in legislative efforts to change statute and update policies related to nursing practice. However, changing practice through policy does not stop with the NPA. This article will begin by briefly addressing the role of nurses in advocacy to advance professional practice, and offer background information about the changing healthcare industry that has influenced the example of advocacy we discuss. We offer exemplars that illustrate policies that regulate the environment of practice, such as nurse staffing, musculoskeletal injury prevention, and failure to advocate, and discuss needed protections, including whistleblower protections in our state. We conclude by considering implications for nursing organizations and nurses among these exemplars.

If a future terrorist attack results in casualties on American soil,
what, if any, government compensation should be provided to victims?
Despite the enormous attention given to the September 11, 2001,
attacks and the near universal sympathy for their casualties, there
is no apparent consensual answer to the above question among
politicians, academics, or within society at large. While tens of
billions of dollars in public funds have been allocated to
preventing another attack, and tens of thousands of personnel hours
have been devoted to simulations aimed at helping victims in the
immediate aftermath, relatively little attention has been given to
what support might (or might not) be justified to provide for longer
term needs. Victim compensation remains off the radar screen for
even the vast majority of people whose daily lives are significantly
consumed by contemplating terrorism. The authors would like to thank Michael Powers, Bruce Wolk, two
anonymous referees for PS, participants in the
PPA/Economics brownbag seminar, and Lascher's PPA 210 students
for helpful comments on earlier drafts of this article.

Despite the enormous attention given to the terrorist attacks against the US on 11 Sept 2001, & the large sums spent on efforts to prevent future attacks & prepare for them should they occur, provisions for government compensation to victims of any future attack have hardly been considered. It is contended that victim compensation would be at the top of the agenda in the case of another such attack, & that the Sept 11 Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) would be turned to as the most relevant model for support & compensation, but is it the best model? This paper argues that now is the time to focus attention on the VCF & to evaluate its efficacy & equity. In this light, an assessment of the recommendations of the "Final Report of the Special Master for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001" (Feinberg et all, 2004) is urged. The report contains much of value, but some aspects need reconsideration, especially in terms of the ethical justification for a stand-alone program for terror victims. The authors offer their own conclusions about the most compelling ethical rationale for compensating any future terror victims, which differs sharply from that adopted in 2001. References. S. Stanton

Includes bibliographical references. ; Shorebird populations are declining globally and little is known about the use and distribution of breeding species in interior Alaska. The Program for Regional and International Shorebird Monitoring (PRISM) has developed shorebird survey methodology, with most effort in the Arctic and less effort in the boreal forest region. We fill this information void by using PRISM methods to estimate shorebird use of military lands in interior Alaska on Tanana Flats Training Area and Donnelly Training Areas (Fairbanks and Delta Junction, Alaska). We conducted surveys to (1) identify shorebird species using military lands, and (2) create occupancy/use models for these species and determine associated habitat covariates. We predicted species-specific covariate relationships (e.g., elevation, shrub height, distance to water). In general, we predict that shorebirds would more likely use open shrub and wet grassland Viereck habitat classifications. Using a stratified random sampling design, we surveyed 140 plots (400x400 m) twice. We found 6 shorebird species of moderate to high conservation concern as listed by the Alaska Shorebird Conservation Plan and 4 species of conservation concern as listed by the USFWS. For Lesser Yellowlegs, Wilson's Snipe, and Spotted Sandpiper we will present correlations of use with variables of interest derived from occupancy/use models.