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Write a letter to the editor of a scholarly journal. The length and format of the letter is dictated by your choice of journal.

Introduction

Note: Each assessment in this course builds on the work you completed in the previous assessment. Therefore, you must complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.

Advocating for new policies is an important aspect of the master’s-prepared nurse. For new policies to be compelling they need to be supported by evidence. Supporting data can be used to illustrate why new policies and interventions are needed to help address a specific health issue. Compelling data can help sway the stakeholders and gain support for your policy.

Another aspect of advocacy is disseminating new policies and interventions outside of the immediate care environment. This can be done by reaching out to professional organizations as well as academic and professional journals. A letter to the editor is one strategy for disseminating information to a wider audience and to potentially enlist support throughout the wider professional community.

Professional Context

Nurses have the opportunity to use their skills and develop programs to keep individuals and communities healthy. Health is complex, however, and the nurse needs to possess strong advocacy skills to successfully support a cause or interest. The American Nurses Association’s (2015) code of ethics describes the responsibility of a nurse to include working through and with appropriate stakeholders to advocate for the health of people in and out of the work environment.

To be an effective advocate, there are several important abilities a nurse must possess, including problem-solving, communication, and influencing others. One way a nurse can advocate to a broader population is through effective letter writing, both to legislators and through the media, such as with editorials and research articles.

Reference

American Nurses Association. (2015). Code of ethics for nurses with interpretive statements. http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/EthicsStandards/CodeofEthicsforNurses/Code-of-Ethics-For-Nurses.html

Scenario

Throughout this course, you have focused on a specific health issue occurring within a specific population. You researched position papers regarding this health concern, and you developed a health policy proposal to positively impact the health of the affected individuals. It is now time to reach a greater audience regarding your policy proposal.

You are going to write a letter to the editor of a peer-reviewed nursing journal. Choose from one of the journals in the Ultimate List of Nursing Journals  – https://www.nursingschool.org/ultimate-list-of-nursing-journals/ and go to the journal’s Web site to find out the requirements for submitting an editorial, such as format requirements, topics, and word counts. Make sure you select a nursing journal that covers the topic about which you are going to write. If you want to use another journal that is not on this list, please make sure the journal does address health care, because this is the purpose of the assessment.

Instructions

For this assessment, you will write a letter to the editor of a scholarly journal. Your goal is to be informative about the policy that you developed for your previous Biopsychosocial Population Health Policy Proposal assessment, while also being persuasive about the need for and benefit of similar policies in other health care settings. The bullet points below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide.

Be sure that your assessment submission addresses all of them. You may also want to read the Letter to the Editor: Population Health Policy Advocacy Scoring Guide and Guiding Questions: Letter to the Editor: Population Health Policy Advocacy [DOC] Download Guiding Questions: Letter to the Editor: Population Health Policy Advocacy [DOC]to better understand how each grading criterion will be assessed.

  • Evaluate the current state of the quality of care and outcomes for a specific issue in a target population.
    • Look back to the data or scenario you used in your previous assessment to address this criterion.
  • Analyze how the current state of the quality of care and outcomes for a specific issue in a target population necessitates health policy development and advocacy.
  • Justify why the developed policy will be vital in improving the quality of care and outcomes for a specific issue in a target population.
  • Advocate for policy development in other care settings with regard to a specific issue in a target population.
  • Analyze the ways in which interprofessional aspects of the policy will support efficient and effective achievement of desired outcomes for the target population.
  • Communicate in a professional and persuasive manner, writing content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
  • Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style (or the journal’s preferred style).

Example assessment: You may use the Assessment 3 Example [PDF] Download Assessment 3 Example [PDF]to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like.

Submission Requirements

The submission requirements for your editorial will depend on the journal you choose. To find out the requirements, go to the journal’s Web site. There should be a section regarding submissions that will address how to format letters to the editor, and whether there is a word count limit (there usually is a limit).

  • If the journal does not have submission guidelines for the number of resources required, use 3–5 sources.
  • To be sure that your faculty knows the submission and formatting requirements for your letter, include the journal’s guidelines on a separate page at the end of the document you submit for this assessment.
Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

  • Competency 1: Design evidence-based advanced nursing care for achieving high-quality population outcomes.
    • Evaluate the current state of the quality of care and outcomes for a specific issue in a target population.
    • Justify why a developed policy will be vital in improving the quality of care and outcomes for a specific issue in a target population.
  • Competency 2: Evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of interprofessional interventions in achieving desired population health outcomes.
    • Analyze the ways in which interprofessional aspects of a developed policy will support efficient and effective achievement of desired outcomes for the target population.
  • Competency 3: Analyze population health outcomes in terms of their implications for health policy advocacy.
    • Analyze how the current state of the quality of care and outcomes for a specific issue in a target population necessitates health policy development and advocacy.
    • Advocate for policy development in other care settings with regard to a specific issue in a target population.
  • Competency 4: Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and style, consistent with organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.
    • Communicate in a professional and persuasive manner, writing content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
    • Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references.

Write a letter to the editor of a scholarly journal. The length and format of the letter is dictated by your choice of journal.

Use the resources linked below to help complete this assessment.

Pathophysiology, Pharmacology, and Prevention

These resources can help you prepare for this assessment:

Pathophysiology
Pharmacology
Prevention
  • Agredano, R. S., Masclans, J. G., Guix-Comellas, E. M., Fraile, V. M., Sarria-Guerrero, J. A., Pola, M. S., & Fabrellas, N. (2021). Older adults with complex chronic conditions who receive care at home: The importance of primary care assessment. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 47(11), 31–38. https://doi.org/10.3928/00989134-20211013-02
  • Centers for Disease Control. (2017). Picture of America: Prevention [PDF]Download Picture of America: Prevention [PDF]. https://www.cdc.gov/pictureofamerica/pdfs/picture_of_america_prevention.pdf
Advocacy
  • American Nurses Association. (n.d.). Advocacy toolkit. https://rnaction.org/sitepages/toolkit.aspx
  • American Nurses Association. (n.d.). Advocacy. https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/advocacy/
  • American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2022). Policy & advocacy. https://www.aacnnursing.org/Policy-Advocacy
  • Blackburn, R., Johnson, K. G., & Chaveleh, S. (2020). Advocacy. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 24(1), 103–106. https://doi.org/10.1188/2O.CJON.103-106
  • Chiu, P. (2020;2021;). Advancing nursing policy advocacy knowledge: A theoretical exploration. Advances in Nursing Science, 44(1), 3–15. https://doi.org/10.1097/ANS.0000000000000339
  • Stamps, D. C., Foley, S. M., Gales, J., Lovetro, C., Alley, R., Opett, K., Glessner, T., & Faggiano, S. (2021). Nurse leaders advocate for nurses across a health care system: COVID-19. Nurse Leader, 19(2), 159–164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mnl.2020.07.011
  • Watson, J. (2019). Nurses as advocates. Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!, 17(3), 42–46. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NME.0000554601.68360.36

Biopsychosocial and Evidence-Based Practice

These resources can help you prepare for the assessment.

Biopsychosocial (Population and Public Health)

Evidence-Based Practice
  • Yoo, J. Y., Kim, J. H., Kim, J. S., Kim, H. L., & Ki, J. S. (2019). Clinical nurses’ beliefs, knowledge, organizational readiness and level of implementation of evidence-based practice: The first step to creating an evidence-based practice culture. PloS One, 14(12), e0226742–e0226742. Get help on SPSS Fundamentals Assignment https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226742
Letters to the Editor
  • Chen, R., Ma, G., & Xia, T. (2019). Letter to the editor with regard to the manuscript titled “Circulating tumour cell enumeration does not correlate with Miller–Payne grade in a cohort of breast cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy.”Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 184(3), 1001–1002. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-020-05886-x
  • Owens, J. K. (2020). Writing a letter to the editor: Tips for success. Nurse Author & Editor, 30(3), 15–17. https://doi.org/10.1111/nae2.5
  • Sindoni, A., Gioffré-Florio, M., & Famá, F. (2018;2019). Ectopic breast tissue and cancer.Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 174(2), 551–552. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-018-05093-9
  • Sönnerstam, E., Sjölander, M., Lövheim, H., & Gustafsson, M. (2019). Letter to the editor: Clinically relevant drug–drug interactions among elderly people with dementia. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 75(9), 1321–1322. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-019-02680-7
Assessment
Policy
  • Adams, J. M., Glassman, K., McCausland, M., Pappas, S., & Manges, K. (2019). A purposeful approach to articulate and enhance nursing influence across policy, research, education, practice, theory, media, and industry. The Journal of Nursing Administration, 49(9), 397–399. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNA.0000000000000774
  • Anders, R. L. (2021). Engaging nurses in health policy in the era of COVID-19. Nursing Forum, 56(1), 89–94. https://doi.org/10.1111/nuf.12514
  • Campaign for Action. (n.d.). Future of nursing: Campaign for action. https://campaignforaction.org/
  • Nurses on Boards Coalition. (2022). Nurses on boards. https://www.nursesonboardscoalition.org/
  • Owusu Danso, F., Adinyira, E., Manu, P., Agyekum, K., Kwaku Ahadzie, D., & Badu, E. (2022). The mediating influence of local cultures on the relationship between factors of safety risk perception and risk-taking behavioural intention of construction site workers. Safety Science, 145, 105490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105490
  • Schaeffer, R., & Haebler, J. (2019). Nurse leaders: Extending your policy influence. Nurse Leader, 17(4), 340–343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mnl.2019.05.010

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