NU-668: Week 13 Assignment 1: Professional Advocacy
NU-668: Week 13 Assignment 1: Professional Advocacy
Value: Complete at 100 points/Incomplete at 0 points. This assignment is worth 5% of total grade.
Due: Day 7
Grading Category: Assignments
Instructions
For this assignment, you will submit two letters. One letter will be written to your state senator or state representative to advocate for a professional issue that is relevant to your state of practice. The second letter will be written to your member of the U.S. Congress (your U.S. senator or your U.S. House of Representatives member). To locate your U.S. senators, U.S. representatives, and state legislators, use these links: NU-668: Week 13 Assignment 1: Professional Advocacy
Using the information from Week 13 Discussion 1: APRN Political Action State Initiatives on the issues identified by your state professional organization advocacy team, write a letter to one of your members of the U.S. Congress (U.S. Senate or U.S. House of Representatives) and a letter to one of your state legislators.
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In these letters, identify:
- The issue
- Why it is an issue
- How it affects patient care and outcomes
- How it restricts practice
- A suggestion for removing such barriers
Use information learned from this class as well as information provided to you by your classmates from different states to provide an argument for change. Submit your draft letters for this assignment. Your faculty will provide feedback, so that you can strengthen the letters before mailing them.
Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.
For this assignment to be considered complete, you must submit two letters (one for the state legislator and one for the U.S. senator or representative) that address all the prompts listed. These letters must be submitted to the DropBox by Day 7.
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