Developing an Advocacy Campaign
To prepare:
· Review Chapter 3 of Milstead, J. A. (2012). Health policy and politics: A nurse's guide (Laureate Education, Inc., custom ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers
· In the first assignment, you reflected on whether the policy you would like to promote could best be achieved through the development of new legislation, or a change in an existing law or regulation. Refine as necessary using any feedback from your first paper.
· Contemplate how existing laws or regulations may affect how you proceed in advocating for your proposed policy.
· Consider how you could influence legislators or other policymakers to enact the policy you propose.
· Think about the obstacles of the legislative process that may prevent your proposed policy from being implemented as intended.
To complete:
Part Two will have 4 pages of content plus a title page and references (MINIMUM OF 4 REFERENCES FROM THE REQUIRED READING BELOW).
Part Two will address the following:
· Explain whether your proposed policy could be enacted through a modification of existing law or regulation or the creation of new legislation/regulation.
· Explain how existing laws or regulations could affect your advocacy efforts. Be sure to cite and reference the laws and regulations using primary sources.
· Provide an analysis of the methods you could use to influence legislators or other policymakers to support your policy. In particular, explain how you would use the "three legs" of lobbying in your advocacy efforts.
o Summarize obstacles that could arise in the legislative process and how to overcome these hurdles.
REREFERENCES
srMMilstead, J. A. (2013). Health policy and politics: A nurse's guide (Laureate Education, Inc., custom ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
Chapter 1, "Advanced Practice Nurses and Public Policy, Naturally" (pp. 1-27)
This chapter explains public policy and the nurse's role in directing health care issues to the government and securing a response.
Chapter 2, "Agenda Setting" (pp. 19-44)
This chapter provides examples of the process of moving a problem to the attention of the government so the solution can be considered at the state and federal levels.
Chapter 3, "Government Response: Legislation-Politics: Playing the Game" (pp. 45-71)
This chapter explores the multiple factors that influence the development of public policy through the legislative branch of government.
Coalition for Patients' Rights. (2012). Retrieved from https://www.patientsrightscoalition.org/
This website details the initiative of the Coalition for Patients' Rights, which seeks to ensure that patients everywhere have access to the quality health care providers of their choice.
University of Washington School of Medicine. (n.d.) Ethics in medicine: Managed care. Retrieved from https://depts.washington.edu/bioethx/topics/manag.html
This article explains the effects and ethical concerns associated with managed care, which integrates payment with the delivery of health care.