Developing or supporting a public program to improve population health at the state level

Focus on topics that are specific and relevant to health care and advanced nursing practice by:

Supporting a current pending bill in the Florida legislature.
Asking for an amendment to a current Florida statute

Focusing on specific issues related to advanced practice such as the ability to write DNR orders, initiate the Baker Act,
or provide APN care in the home.

Developing or supporting a public program to improve population health at the state level.

Revisiting a bill the was not successful (died) or tabled and ask for reconsideration and resubmission

Asking to introduce a bill or statute that was successful in another state to the Florida legislature,

Don’t

Address issues that are primarily specific to RN practice such as staffing or patient ratios,
Campaign for financial resources or funding for patient education or research.

Address overly broad issues such as “full practice authority” for advanced practice nurses or addressing the physician
shortage.

Ask for support for legislation that has already been passed by both the senate and the house of representatives and is
awaiting signature by the governor.

A two-page Policy Brief paper is to be created. The paper is to contain a title page and a reference page (not counted
toward the two page maximum). It should follow basic APA 7th edition formatting, however the introduction and summary
sections of a typical APA paper are omitted in the Policy Brief paper. The brief should be clear, concise, and employ
evidence. The information should be organized effectively with the use of headings.

A Tumitin check must be done for this paper prior to submission to the final assignment link for grading. This paper must,
be submitted to the designated Turnitin Check to screen for plagiarism. Turnitin scores must be under 25% in order for
the paper to be eligible for submission for grading. Papers with Turnitin scores over this limit are to be reviewed, revised
and resubmitted to the Turnitin Check link. The final Turnitin score is to be recorded in the "add a comment&quot,
‘section when the final paper is submitted.