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So if you're interested
in becoming more involved
in changing our healthcare
system as it sits right now,
I think getting involved
in any kind of group
that's just one person
bigger than you is helpful.
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And whether that's
joining your local
nurse practitioner organization,
your local nursing organization,
whether that's getting
involved in local politics,
anything that is one person
bigger than you
that makes a group is
going to be helpful.
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My favorite thing that I have done,
I don't honestly have,
I didn't have a lot of times
to join a bunch of groups
and different organizations at the
point in my career that I'm at.
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So I've written up my resume,
and I've submitted it
to my state representatives,
because those are
the people who make
all of the health care decisions.
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And I literally sent
it to their office.
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And then I called and I said,
"I've sent my you my resume,
if you have healthcare
questions, this is who I am."
I introduced myself and I said,
"If you ever run across bills,
or anything that
have to do with this,
I would love to be
your point person.
00:54
And I almost fell on the floor when
they actually one of them called me
and actually did
like later come up.
00:58
They're like,
I wanted to run this by you.
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And I was like, "Okay."
So I think that's a way that
you can actually get involved
in your local either government
organization, whatever it is,
just reach out and offer
and introduce yourself
and people are desperate
to have point of contact
like in the community who
are actually practicing,
and they might actually
give you a call
and you could have some
real input that way.