Overview
This assignment’s intention is to explore advocating as a nurse for your community. Sending this letter to the intended recipient is not required, although it is encouraged.

Tasks
Explore the following links to understand the process and procedure for writing an advocacy letter:
Sample Letter to a Representative (Links to an external site.)
RNAction (Links to an external site.)
ANA Capitol Beat (Links to an external site.)
Email Your Member of Congress: Capitol Beat (Links to an external site.)
Call Your Member of Congress: Capitol Beat (Links to an external site.)
Set Up a Meeting With Your Member of Congress: Capitol Beat (Links to an external site.)
Visit a Congressional Town Hall Near You: Town Hall Project (Links to an external site.)
How Health Care Reform is Changing the Health Care Industry (Links to an external site.)
Advocacy: ANA (Links to an external site.)

Research and choose a health care policy or access to care issue that directly or indirectly influences the health of people in your clinical practicum community.
THE TOPIC I CHOOSE IS FEDERAL FUNDING FOR STD PREVENTION EFFORTS IN ADOLESCENTS

Your letter must include:
An explanation of the health care policy or access to care issue.
A summary of the key point from current (5-years old or less) and relevant evidence that you have researched that strongly support the need for advocating for the population (minimum of three (3) resources, at least one from a discipline other than nursing).
Encouragement to the audience to promote health literacy and well-being for the community.
Integration of ethical nursing values such as altruism, autonomy, cultural responsiveness, and social justice.
Integration of evidence and theory.
Your letter must be 1-2 pages ( 250-500 words) in length.
Use APA 7th edition criteron.

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