Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to: (a) identify communication strategies that support an effective policy making-presentation/visit (CO #2); (b) deliver a message and make recommendations (CO #2, 3), and (c) communicate ideas in a clear, succinct, and scholarly manner. (CO #3)

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

(CO #2) Employ strategies to affect the development, implementation, and consequences of policies at the institutional, local, national, and international levels. (PO 4, 8, 10)

 

(CO #3) Communicate with policymakers to advocate for effective policies that affect nurses and nursing, consumers, or the health care system. (PO 2, 3, 10)

 

(CO #4) Analyze the historical, ethical, and political contexts of health care policy and the consequences of policy implementation. (PO 6, 10)

 

(CO #5) Advocate for institutional, local, national, and international policies that influence health care and its consumers and nurses and their nursing practice. (PO 2, 10)

Due Date: Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 5

Total Points: 100 points

Requirements

Assignment Criteria for Presentation

Introduce your chosen policy issue, the current status, and an overview of your plan for a legislative visit.
Articulate key communication strategies involved in your approach to the legislator including plan, message, and recommendations; see Worksheet 2 and again, the focus is on evidence-based communication techniques for effective healthcare policy visit to the legislator.
Provide an analysis of empirical evidence of effective communication strategies and techniques to support an effective visit and follow-up to the legislator.
Provide specific examples of the impact and/or importance of a successful visit/presentation to nursing.
Provide concluding statements summarizing the content.
Paper will be 2-3 pages, excluding title and reference pages, and in APA format 6th

Five non-text book references are required as minimum.

 

Preparing the Paper

Following completion of Planning Your Visit Ungraded Worksheet 2, target communication strategies that support an effective policymaking visit. Include a minimum of five (5) classic references or current references (published within the past 5 years) that support your policy plan, the message, recommendations, and follow-up.

 

Category
Points
%
Description

Introduction and Conclusion
10
10
Introduction briefly identifies your healthcare policy-priority issue, the policy itself and legislator with a plan for the policymaker visit/presentation. Concluding statements summarize content.

Empirical Evidence
50
50
Empirical evidence identifies effective communication strategies and techniques with follow-up supporting your visit to the legislator.

 

Specific Examples
20
20
Provide specific examples of the impact and/or importance of a successful visit/presentation to nursing.

 

APA Format
10
10
Text, title page, and references are consistent with APA format 6th edition.

Writing Quality
10
10
Rules of grammar, word usage, sentence and paragraph format, and punctuation are followed. Paper length appropriate.

Total
 100

100

A quality assignment will meet or exceed all of the above requirements.

 

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