Imagine that you are a nurse leader advocating for a policy issue that impacts the health of individuals and populations or professional nursing practice. You have been asked to share a testimony to advocate for the identified issue.
If your selected policy issue impacts health or nursing practice at the organizational or community-level, your testimony would be presented to an administrative body. For policy issues that impact health or nursing practice at a larger scale (i.e., state or national level), your testimony would be presented to a state or federal legislature. As you consider a policy issue to address, it may be helpful to reflect upon issues that impact your current or previous work environments; unique needs of the populations served in your practice; issues that shape the health, safety, and well-being of individuals, communities, and populations; or the variables that influence health outcomes and disparities.
Be sure that your selected issue is different from issues addressed in other course assignments. Cant not use topics such as (as they where previously used) The Health Care Affordability Act, Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, California’s nurse-patient ratio law named Assembly Bill (AB) 394. Be sure to address the following: Introduction Succinct summary of the issue, its impact, and rationale for addressing this issue Opportunities for the nursing profession to impact this issue Conclusion Citation and referencing of sources must be congruent with guidelines noted in the most current edition of the APA Manual, sources older than 5 years may not be used.
