Examine U.S. health care policy structures and the role of the nursing leader as a change agent at the public policy table.
Directions
You will choose one federal-level healthcare policy issue that interests you.
As a change agent, using “X,” a microblogging platform, you will write to one of your federal legislators outlining what the issue is and why it is important. You will be as concise and mindful of your federal legislator’s time as possible.
Your “X” provided in a Word document will address:
· The current policy
· The need for change
· The suggested change
· The cost implications
No one is to download the social media website “X”
If you have a personal account or use “X,” do not submit this course assignment in “X.”
This assignment is completed as a Word document (without title or reference page) and submitted to the Dropbox.
How to locate federal locate legislators:
How to locate a federal bill:
Current Legislative Activities: House of Representatives and Senate
Assessment Requirements
· Be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful.
· Each bullet is one sentence maximum. The current policy, The need for change, The suggested change, and The cost implications
· 280 Characters limit
· Write the “X”, including the “X” handle or @ and usernames of the legislator and others you want to call out and hashtag any words or phrases that are immediately preceded by the # symbol that will connect to other “X” subscribers with that word or phrase in it.
· “X” is to be done in a Word document to upload in the course. No title page or citations/references should be used.
· Every alphabet from the Western European languages is a single character. Whether you use “A, a, à, â, å, æ, ä or ã,”X” counts it as a single character.
· Every punctuation mark you use “, . ; : ‘?” is a single character to the social media platform.
Before finalizing your work, you should:
· be sure to
read the assessment description carefully (as displayed above);
·
consult the grading rubric to make sure you have included everything necessary; and
· utilize
spelling and
grammar check to minimize errors.
Your writing assessment should:
· follow the conventions of
Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.);
· be
well ordered,
logical, and
unified, as well as
original and insightful;
· display
superior content, organization, style, and
mechanics
Submitting your work
You will submit your assessment to the Dropbox. Make sure to save a copy of the assessment you submit.
