The best approach for meeting and communicating with your selected elected official for your healthcare concern.
Discuss the best approach for meeting and communicating with your selected elected official for your healthcare concern. What is your rationale for this approach?
• My elected official is Robert Barr, Vice chair of Winston Salem Forsyth County School board.
• I will be meeting with him to address my policy concern regarding the need to incorporate substance abuse courses within the academic school year for students to take.
• Please include at least one scholar refence to support the information.
Reading references(NOT REQUIRED TO READ) BUT Can NOT be used as the required reference needed above.
Mason, D. J., Gardner, D. B., Outlaw, F. H., & O'Grady, E. T. (Eds). (2016). Policy & politics in nursing and healthcare (7th ed.). Retrieved from http://online.vitalsource.com
• Chapter 40: Contemporary Issues in Government
• Chapter 42: Is There a Nurse in the House? The Nurses in the U.S. Congress
• Chapter 43: An Overview of Legislation and Regulation
• Chapter 44: Lobbying Policymakers: Individual and Collective Strategies
• Chapter 45: TAKING ACTION: An Insider's View of Lobbying United States
• Chapter 46: The American Voter and the Electoral Process
• Chapter 55: TAKING ACTION: Nurse, Educator, and Legislator: My Journey to the Delaware Senate
Laxalt, N. (2009). Can you hear me now? Guidelines for effective communication with legislators. Nevada Information, 18(1), 10.
Stewart, M. & Deaton, L. (2014). United our voices can make a difference. Pelican News, 70(3), 6.