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Question
Planning Your Visit(Part A)
Guidelines and Grading Rubric
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 andmake
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. (PO2,10)
Due Date: Sunday 11:59 p.m. MT at the end of Week 5
Total Points: 100points
Requirements
Assignment Criteria for Presentation
1. Introduce your chosen policy issue, the current status, and an overview of your plan for a
legislative visit.
2. 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.
3. Provide an analysis of empirical evidence of effective communication strategies and
techniques to support an effective visit and follow-up to the legislator.
4. Provide specific examples of the impact and/or importance of a successful
visit/presentation to nursing.
5. Provide concluding statements summarizingthe content.
6. Paper will be 2-3 pages, excluding title and reference pages, and in APA format
6th edition.
7. Five non-text book references are required as minimum.