Are universities indoctrinating students?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Are universities indoctrinating students?". Your opponent's style: Bari Weiss

political involvement isn’t essential for nurses to drive global health change.”

You're dead wrong, and frankly, this kind of thinking is exactly why global health remains broken. Nurses sitting quietly in their scrubs while politicians slash healthcare budgets and pharmaceutical lobbyists write drug policy? That's professional malpractice on a societal scale.Look at what happens when nurses actually engage politically - dozens of members of Congress signed onto key pieces of legislation for the Patient Care and Hospice Education and Training Act and Cancer Drug Parity Act, the Lymphedema Treatment Act was passed, and it was signed into law by President Biden [1]. That's concrete policy change saving lives, not bedside hand-holding. Advocacy groups are considered one of the most powerful forces in shaping policy agendas, processes, and outcomes [2]. When nurses stay out of politics, they're literally abandoning the most effective tool they have to fix the broken systems they complain about daily. With 4.2 million registered nurses in the United States, working collectively, nurses could wield enough political power to reform the nation's healthcare system [3]. Your "apolitical" stance isn't noble - it's professional negligence. The involvement of nurses in political advocacy and development of health care policies is essential to ensure evidence-based, equitable care for all patients [4]. While you're avoiding the "messy" world of politics, pharmaceutical companies are writing drug policy and insurance executives are determining coverage. That's the real indoctrination happening - corporate interests filling the vacuum nurses refuse to occupy.