Let your voice be heard by shaping an impactful policy brief. To begin developing your policy brief, you must define a problem from your clinical experience and use your scientific nursing knowledge to strategize how you can impact health policy.

Initial Post
In an initial post, respond to the following:

Select your topic: Identify your policy brief topic from a news brief, article, community problem, and so on, and present a summary of it to your colleagues. Be sure to link the background information for your colleagues to provide context on the essence of the issue.

Statement of the issue: Provide a brief statement describing the issue you want policy makers to address. Discuss why the issue matters and why it must be addressed imminently.

Discuss the effects/ramifications: Discuss your policy issue change at macro, meso, and micro levels.
Class participation will be based on weekly participation in discussions.

Participation will be measured for the quality (clarity, relevance, and factual knowledge) of contributions. You should use the week’s reading and scholarly resources, including assigned readings, to support your response. Initial posts in response to discussion questions are due each Wednesday by midnight and must be approximately 200–250 words unless otherwise specified.