To take a proactive role in nursing policy, you will prepare an email to your legislator about a current nursing issue. You must first identify your legislator.
Then you will write a concise, professionally worded e-mail to one of the state-level legislators about a current nursing issue that is important to you. You will:
1. Find the legislator of the state you are licensed in. You will only write your email to one legislator, even if many are listed. You must only use the legislator in the state you are licensed in.
2. Complete the issue description and action plan section prior to composing the email as to organize your thoughts.
3. Write your final e-mail in the space provided on this assignment document.
4. You MUST include one personal example about how the issue personally affects your nursing career.
5. Use at least 2 references from a scholarly article (dated within the past 5 years) with 2 in-text citations to support your thoughts and list in correct APA format.
6. Upload and submit the email assignment you have prepared for your legislator into Canvas.
It is not necessary for you to actually send your email to you legislator unless you choose to do so.
Performance Objective:
• Identify the ways nurses can personally take part in shaping future nursing care.
