Administrative Agencies
Administrative Agencies Based on the current and past two U.S. presidential terms, address the following in a comparison grid:
• Describe the President’s/ administrative agency’s focus related to this healthcare issue.
• Describe the President’s/administrative agency focus related to healthcare issues
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.
• Analyze how administrative agencies support presidential administration approaches for healthcare issues
• Which administrative agency was most likely responsible for helping address the chosen healthcare issue? How were they helpful?
Setting Policy Agendas
Analyze how administrative agencies were helpful in addressing healthcare issues:
• How did the healthcare issue get on the agenda and how does it stay there?
• Explain how healthcare issues are set and remain on policy agendas
Promoting Agenda Setting for Healthcare Issues
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 their staff for this healthcare issue.
• Summarize why this healthcare issue is important and should be included in the agenda for legislation.
Learning Objective 3.1 – Create Talking Points and Fact Sheets to communicate with policymakers/legislators or staff members about healthcare issues. Justify the role of the nurse in agenda setting for healthcare issues.
