Instructions
Writer may choose one of the following topics to include
1) Abortion/reproductive rights.
2) Childhood obesity.
3) The opioid crisis.
The responses need to be in complete sentences with citations of supporting literature. Avoid personal opinion statements; this is a research assessment of facts on your chosen topics. Google searches of the president’s website, CDC website, NIH, presidential administration archives, Whitehouse.gov., are areas where you may begin your search.
The talking points paper is bullet points of information you will “talk” to your congressman. (Remember, they are not nurses, use layman terms. Tell them why your topic is important to get on the agenda.) Include the nurse’s role in the health issue.
PART 1
Based on the current and past two U.S. presidential terms, address the following in a 2-page comparison grid:
• Describe the administrative agency’s focus related to this healthcare issue.
• Identify the allocation of financial and other resources by the administrative agency to address this healthcare issue.
• Describe how the administrative agency supported the Administration’s approach to this healthcare issue.
• Which administrative agency was most likely responsible for helping address the chosen healthcare issue? How were they helpful?
• How did the healthcare issue get on the agenda, and how does it stay there?
PART 2
Based on your comparison grid for the healthcare issue you selected, develop a 1-page Talking Points or Fact Sheet that you could use to communicate with a policymaker/legislator or a member of the individual’s staff for this healthcare issue.
• Summarize why this healthcare issue is important and should be included in the agenda for legislation.
• Justify the role of the nurse in agenda setting for healthcare issues.
• A minimum of 4 resources should be utilized and cited appropriately. (APA 7 Format).
Part 3 is a Talking Point Fact sheet in bullet format
