The nurse plays a crucial role in the policy development process, contributing valuable insights from the frontline of healthcare. The nurse’s role in the policy development model can be framed within the stages of policy development, which typically include agenda setting, policy formulation, policy adoption, policy implementation, and policy evaluation. Nurses can advocate for policy changes by identifying healthcare issues that require attention. They can bring attention to emerging health concerns, drawing from their direct experiences in patient care, and collaborate with other stakeholders to prioritize these issues on the policy agenda (Milstead