NR 717 CCN Advocacy Skills In Health Policy Discussion

Purpose

The purpose of this discussion is to demonstrate advocacy skills in health policy related to the selected population and practice problem. This week, you discovered that the DNP-prepared nurse needs to develop an advocacy plan to impact healthcare policy with an emphasis on population health. In this discussion, you will create written testimony that can be used to advocate for change to improve the outcomes for your selected population and practice problem.

Instructions

Review the lesson and readings about advocacy, especially the Jurns (2019) article on ISBAR. Then, using the population, population problem, and policy from previous weeks, prepare written testimony advocating for policy change or implementation. Using the ISBAR format presented by Jurns (2019), provide written testimony about policy change you would like to propose. You may address any policymaker from the local to national level but please identify your audience.

(I) Identify

• Address the person to whom you are speaking.
• Introduce self and provide credentials.
• Present expertise/experience and interest in issue.

(S) Situation

• Describe the issue.
• Identify the policy and provide the bill name and number if applicable.
• Present the consequences if the policy is not enacted using data.

(B) Background

• Acknowledge the decisionmaker’s interests.
• Restate your expertise and ability to comment on the issue.
• Share a personal note of interest or brief story.

(A) Assessment

• Give your expert professional assessment of the situation.
• Provide evidence supporting how the policy positively affects stakeholders.
• Identify support from stakeholders, special interest groups, and/or coalitions.

(R) Recommendation/Request

• Offer your recommendation for a course of action.
• Thank the policymaker for their time/attention.
• Offer your assistance and expertise.