letter for legislator on health issue
This assignment will provide you with the opportunity to practice influencing policy by communicating with a legislator about a current health problem. The letter should be in block format for a business letter, the letter may be more than one page. You do need to support with evidence. Cite your sources and include a reference page at the end of your letter. Follow the assignment directions and review the rubric. You can view samples for formatting a business letter on the following link: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/653/2/
In addition some helpful links on how to formulate a letter to your legislator may be found
https://www.ncsbn.org/APRN_formletter_Legislator_web.pdf
http://www.nea.org/home/19657.htm
Follow the steps below to write a letter advocating for change, go to for an example:
Select a current health problem that is being debated at the national and/or state level (e.g., the proliferation of “pill mills”, pain clinics, etc) and state why it is of interest. Be sure to research your problem.
Identify a legislator (state or federal) and state (OHIO: if you choose a state) why that person is the appropriate one to contact, you will show why this is right person to contact based on the supporting data you provided in your letter.
Draft a letter to the legislator in business block format including the proper salutation.
Introduce yourself and your reason for writing.Include the following in the body of your letter:
Introduce yourself and your reason for writing.
State concisely what you understand to be the current socioeconomic, political, and ethical issues surrounding the problem. You must have supporting data (include citations).
Discuss the implications of the problem for your community, nursing or nursing practice.
Make a clear request for action. You must have supporting data (include citations).
Request a response.
Include a reference page beginning on the page following the end of the letter, also include citations in the body of your letter. At least three references are required.
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Letter to the Senator
The Honorable Cory Booker
717 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senator Booker
I am a health sciences student with a particular interest in the extent of pain medication use in society. In particular, I have witnessed cases in which three of my friends started abusing medications previously prescribed for use as pain relief, but they continued using the same long after healing. This is just one of the cases in contemporary society in which case some people
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