1. Discussion: Political advocacy strategy
Discussion: Political advocacy strategyDiscussion: Political advocacy strategyLetter to the
Legislator (20 percent of final grade)Assignment InformationThis assignment provides you
with the opportunity to use a specific political advocacy strategy: communication with a
legislator via a letter. Expressing your support or lack of support for proposed legislation
(bills) can be a powerful way to speak up about an issue. In this assignment, you will
identify a proposed bill and voice your support for, or argument for not, passing that
particular bill.Completion of this assignment will demonstrate your achievement of the
following course outcomes: describe the impact of health care policies on nursing practice
and health care work environments to determine the financial and regulatory influences on
patient care evaluate the political advocacy process to identify opportunities for nursing
professional involvement delineate strategies that nurses can use to engage in advocacy for
health care policy to support equity, access, affordability, and social justice for consumers
and in support of the nursing professionAssignment Guidelines Select a piece of legislation
proposed either in your state or at the national level. Identify your state representative at
the level of the bill—this will be either your state, House of Representatives, or Senate
representative, depending on the bill that you selected. Conduct a literature review to
identify evidence pertaining to the issue addressed in the bill. Find at least three sources.
Develop a letter to send to your state legislator. This letter should integrate the evidence
supporting your position. The following websites offer templates, examples, and/or
guidelines for letters to legislators that you may want to consider.
https://www.ncsbn.org/APRN_formletter_Legislator_web.pdf
http://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/how-write-your-402285.html Grading
CriteriaFollow these guidelines in writing your letter. Write the letter in a business letter
format. Include the following: introduction of self and professional position overview of the
bill you want to address clear argument in support of or not in support of the bill
integration of evidence from scholarly literature to support your position legal name,
credentials, and contact information Proofread the letter so that it is free of grammatical,
spelling, and syntax errorsORDER NOW FOR ORIGINAL, PLAGIARISM-FREE PAPERSYou
must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and
grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect
your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical
mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before
handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend
2. proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to
uncorrected mistakes.Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface.
Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to
read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to
compress it into fewer pages.Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-
spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between
letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are
unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.The paper must be neatly
formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each
page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If
it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.
