A letter addressing an issue related to health care in Florida intended to be sent to a legislator responsible for that issue. One extra credit point will be awarded should a response be received by an appropriate recipient.
For tips visit http://www.capwiz.com/fln/dbq/issuesdbq/legisprotocol.dbq?command=write&state=FL Links to an external site. and/or http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/contentViewer.aspx?Category=PublicGuide&File=About_The_Representatives_Effective_Communication_With_Your_Representative.html Links to an external site.Please submit via attachment(s)

Legislator Letter Assignment

Purpose

In order to effectively lobby for or against an issue of concern, the professional nurse must be able to be perceived as informed, professional and politically aware. This assignment is intended to help the student sharpen those skills and perhaps even make an actual change in her community.

General Instructions

Each student will choose an issue of concern to them or their community that is in an obvious way connected to health care. Possibilities include, but are not limited to staffing levels of RNs in various facilities, health education in schools, tobacco cessation campaign efforts, injury prevention, licensure or RNs or maintaining the oversight of nursing practice with the Board of Nursing rather than the Board of Medicine.  

Students will draft a formal letter that is intended to be sent to their district legislator  (please DO NOT choose a US Senator - letters addressed to a US Senator or State Governor will lose credit). The letter will be submitted via the "Assignments" section of the course by the due date listed in the course schedule. Please submit the letter as an attachment to preserve the formatting.

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While it is not expected that these letters actually be mailed, 1 point of extra credit will be awarded to the student for the presentation of a response from the addressee providing he or she is the appropriate recipient. Responses must be scanned and sent to the instructor via course mail no later than the last day of class. (This does not include finals week.

Students should indicate in the letter that they are writing as an RN, student of nursing or as an individual citizen but MUST NOT state that they are writing the letter as a UCF course assignment. Letters will be published to the class for peer review and commentary.