Interview of an Elected/Appointed Official

  Select an elected or appoin" rel="nofollow">inted official to in" rel="nofollow">interview that is in" rel="nofollow">in a position to in" rel="nofollow">influence the policy issue you are examin" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing. Arrange an appoin" rel="nofollow">intment with this in" rel="nofollow">individual or one of his/her key staff, in" rel="nofollow">informin" rel="nofollow">ing them of the issue you wish to discuss. This official may be from the local, county, state or federal level.     write a report. Discuss the followin" rel="nofollow">ing poin" rel="nofollow">ints: 1. Present the background to the issue. This should in" rel="nofollow">include a brief review of relevant literature and the position of a professional nursin" rel="nofollow">ing organization. Attach a position paper from a nursin" rel="nofollow">ing organization on this topic. (20%) 2. Discuss why you choose this particular official to in" rel="nofollow">interview. What is his/her official position on the issue? If they have previously voted on this issue, what was their vote and why? What was their understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of the issue prior to your discussion? (20%) 3. What differences exist between your position as a professional nurse and theirs? Did they seem to respect your position? Did he/she in" rel="nofollow">indicate that they had a new perspective on the issue after your discussion? What new in" rel="nofollow">information on the issue did the official provide to you? (20%) 4. How does this official prefer to learn about constituent’s positions on issues? What is the official’s perspective on the value of position papers by professional organizations on health policy topics? (20%) 5. Provide a copy of the thank you note sent to this in" rel="nofollow">individual followin" rel="nofollow">ing your visit. What did each member of your group learn from this assignment? Each member should write a short paragraph that addressed the learnin" rel="nofollow">ing accomplished. For complete credit to be given, it is critical each member’s documentation be in" rel="nofollow">included with the group paper. (10%)