Write a letter in the form of an email to your legislator, specific to a CURRENT piece of legislation and provide reasoning regarding how this issue will impact your ability to provide care to patients in your practice, your support for this issue, how this issue will affect health care, financing, etc.
Issue: H.R.3165 – Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2021
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3165?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22nurse+staffing%22%2C%22nurse%22%2C%22staffing%22%5D%7D&s=1&r=2
Determine if the matter should be directed to a state or federal legislator…this is to whom you should address your letter. Be aware that if writing a Senator, you should be referencing a Senate bill, or if writing a Congressperson, you should be referencing a House bill. This is the case for both federal as well as state legislators.
The letter should include 3 facts to support your discussion. or state the resource such as “According to the CDC, …” APA format is not used–there should not be intext citations or a reference page. Instead, simply state the source of information with the fact.
