Policy Advocacy Project Overview: Nurses are important advocates for patients an

Policy Advocacy Project Overview: Nurses are important advocates for patients and health policy. For the Policy Advocacy Project you will need to identify a piece of legislation that you would like to advocate for by speaking with an appropriate elected official in your district, state, etc. The project contains two parts that you will submit for grading, the proposal and the report. In the Part A, the proposal, you will explain the legislation you have selected to advocate for and identify the appropriate elected official (or staff member) with whom you will speak. In Part B, the report, you will summarize the meeting that you had with the elected official. The report component will be due near the end of the course. Proposal Directions: 1) Identify an appropriate piece of legislation that you would like to advocate for as a nurse. 2) There are multiple ways to find your legislation information and the legislator involved: To determine your state representatives, visit https://openstates.org/find_your_legislator/ Also, provide the names of your US Congressperson and Senator. This person will go to Washington DC to represent your district/state. For the US Congress/House of Representatives, visit http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/. For the US Senate, visit https://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_index_subjects/Directories_vrd.htm Visit Congress.gov to track progress: https://www.congress.gov/ to find the legislation. 3) Follow the brief video tutorial that will show you how to find the legislation: https://galen.screencasthost.com/watch/cqioYsOrtWLinks to an external site. 4) In your assignment submission, please provide the following information: Your name The full name of the legislation Name of the State (Florida) Identify whether the legislation is State or Federal bill/law 5) Where will the bill be voted on The House or The Senate 6) Identify the name of the legislator to be contacted Provide the URL link to the legislator’s website 7) Describe the proposed legislation. Explain why you think the legislation is important or relevant. Please note that the elected official or staff member whom you plan on contacting to advocate for this legislation should work at the State (senator or representative) or Federal level. Please include APA citations and references for any cited materials. The proposal should be about 100-200 words in length.