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Module 1 – Assignment #1: Legislator E-mail Exercise
Submit by 2359 (CT) Saturday of Module 1
Name:
Date:
Overview: Legislator E-mail Exercise
To take a proactive role in nursing policy, you will prepare an email to your legislator about a
current nursing issue. You must first identify your legislator. Then you will write a concise,
professionally worded e-mail to one of the state-level legislators about a current nursing issue that
is important to you. You will:
1. Find the legislator of the state you are licensed in. You will only write your email to one
legislator, even if many are listed. You must only use the legislator in the state you are
licensed in.
2. Complete the issue description and action plan section prior to composing the email as to
organize your thoughts.
3. Write your final e-mail in the space provided on this assignment document.
4. You MUST include one personal example about how the issue personally affects your
nursing career.
5. Use at least 2 references from a scholarly article (dated within the past 5 years) with 2 intext citations to support your thoughts and list in correct APA format.
6. Upload and submit the email assignment you have prepared for your legislator into Canvas.
It is not necessary for you to actually send your email to you legislator unless you
choose to do so.
RN-BSN Clinical Practice Experience Assignment: This clinical practice experience assignment is
considered part of AACN RN-BSN clinical practice experience (Direct/Indirect). Clinical practice
experiences may be known as clinical learning opportunities, clinical practice, clinical strategies,
clinical activities, experiential learning strategies, or practice. (AACN, 2012)
Reference: American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2012). Expectations for practice
experiences in the RN to baccalaureate curriculum [White paper]. RN-BSN-Expectations-WhitePaper.pdf
Performance Objective:
• Identify the ways nurses can personally take part in shaping future nursing care.
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Rubric
Use this rubric to guide your work on the assignment, “Legislator E-mail.”
Task
A. Identifing Legislators (5
points)
Accomplished
Listed name, title and
contact information of
Legislator
Proficient
One or two aspects
missing
(3 points)
Needs Improvement
Did not complete
(0 points)
(5 points)
B. Issue Description and Action
Plan
(10 points)
C. Writing and Quality of the
E-mail
(Total 60 points)
States nursing issue,
lists 3 reasons how this
affects practice, help
requesting and 3
examples how this
would postively impact
nurses (10 points)
E-mail conveys a
concern about current
nursing issue, includes
at least one personal
example about how this
affects career, uses the
correct greeting and
closing. OR Incorrect
greeting -5 Incorrect
closing -5 No address
after signature -5 (max
deduction 15)
One or two areas
missing
(5 points)
E-mail conveys a
concern about a current
nursing issue but
lacking detail OR Does
not include personal
example about how this
affects career
Did not complete
(0 points)
E-mail does not address
a specific issue and is
unclear
(20 points)
Email section is blank
(0 points)
(40 points)
(60 points)
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D. References
(Total 10 points)
E. In text Citations
(Total 10 points)
Professional Writing
(Total 5 points)
Two professional
references dated from
withn the past 5 years in
correct APA format (5
points each=10 points
total)
Errors noted in one
reference OR one
reference missing.
Errors noted in both
references OR no
references.
(5 points)
(0 points)
Two in-text citations in
correct APA format (5
points each=10 points
total)
Errors noted in one
citation OR one citation
missing
Errors noted in both
citations OR no
citations.
(5 points)
(0 points)
E-mail is written clearly
without any grammatical
or spelling errors.
E-mail contains 1-3
grammatical or spelling
errors.
Email contains 4 or
more grammatical or
spelling errors.
(5 points)
(3 points)
(0 points)
A. Identifying Your Legislators: Find out who your legislators are at the state level. Use
a google search to locate your states legislative system, or here is a helpful link in which
you can identify your state- https://www.congress.gov/state-legislature-websites
• You only need one legislator that you are going to address your issue to. If email
information is not available then you would only place their physical address. In rare
cases a physical address is not listed, please include webpage address.
Record their names, titles, and contact information here:
NameTitleContact Information-
B. Issue Decription and Action Plan: Identify a current nursing issue important to you and your
practice. To help you begin organizing your thoughts, complete the following section.
1). State the nursing issue that affects you in 1-2 sentences.
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Now, list three reasons or examples as to how this nursing issues personally affects your practice.
•
•
•
2). What help/assistance are you requesting from your legislator?
Now, list three reasons or examples as to why this assistance would positively impact nurses.
•
•
•
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C. Writing the E-mail: Write an e-mail explaining the importance of this issue to your practice.
Limit the e-mail to one page. Choose details you developed above; use the ones that you think
create the strongest and most persuasive e-mail. Remember to include a personal example from
your practice.
Follow the format of the sample e-mail located in the assignment instructions textbox. (The format
must be strictly followed, especially for how to address the legislator and inclusion of your home
address to classify you as a constituent.)
Be sure to edit your e-mail for spelling, grammar, and word usage. Read it aloud, and/or get a
friend or relative to read it and provide feedback. You will not be sending this to your legislator
as part of this assignment but you may choose to send it to them on your own to make them
aware of the issue you have addressed. For full credit, include two in-text citations from scholarly
articles dated within past 5 years. “Scholarly articles” are only classified as peer-reviewed journal
articles are written by scholars or professionals who are experts in their fields. Magazine articles,
administration documents, reports from different kinds of organizations, essays, opinion pieces, or
Wikipedia resources are not scholarly articles.
Write your final e-mail in the space provided below.
Space for you to write your final e-mail to your legislator: Type directly below.
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D. References: Please list references here. At least two from scholarly artilces (dated within the
past 5 years) are required to support your thoughts. Please use correct APA formatting.
Submit this Assignment Document into Canvas for grading.
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Module 1 – Assignment #1: Legislator E-mail Exercise
Submit by 2359 (CT) Saturday of Module 1
Name:
Deidra Gordon
Date:
01/16/21
Overview: Legislator E-mail Exercise
To take a proactive role in nursing policy, you will prepare an email to your legislator about a
current nursing issue. You must first identify your legislator. Then you will write a concise,
professionally worded e-mail to one of the state-level legislators about a current nursing issue that
is important to you. You will:
1. Find the legislator of the state you are licensed in. You will only write your email to one
legislator, even if many are listed. You must only use the legislator in the state you are
licensed in.
2. Complete the issue description and action plan section prior to composing the email as to
organize your thoughts.
3. Write your final e-mail in the space provided on this assignment document.
4. You MUST include one personal example about how the issue personally affects your
nursing career.
5. Use at least 2 references from a scholarly article (dated within the past 5 years) with 2 intext citations to support your thoughts and list in correct APA format.
6. Upload and submit the email assignment you have prepared for your legislator into Canvas.
It is not necessary for you to actually send your email to you legislator unless you
choose to do so.
Performance Objective:
 Identify the ways nurses can personally take part in shaping future nursing care.
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N3375 Health Policy & Legal Aspect
Rubric
Use this rubric to guide your work on the assignment, “Legislator E-mail.”
Task
A. Identifing
Legislators (5
points)
Accomplished
Listed name, title
and contact
information of
Legislator
Proficient
One or two
aspects missing
Needs
Improvement
Did not complete
(0 points)
(3 points)
(5 points)
B. Issue Description
and Action Plan
(10 points)
States nursing
issue, lists 3
reasons how this
affects practice,
help requesting
and 3 examples
how this would
postively impact
nurses (10
points)
C. Writing and Quality
of the
E-mail
(Total 60 points)
E-mail conveys a
concern about
current nursing
issue, includes at
least one
personal example
about how this
affects career,
uses the correct
greeting and
closing. OR
Incorrect greeting
-5 Incorrect
closing -5 No
address after
signature -5 (max
deduction 15)
One or two areas
missing
Did not complete
(0 points)
(5 points)
E-mail conveys a
concern about a
current nursing
issue but lacking
detail OR Does
not include
personal example
about how this
affects career
E-mail does not
address a specific
issue and is
unclear
(20 points)
Email section is
blank
(0 points)
(40 points)
(60 points)
D. References
(Total 10 points)
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references dated
from withn the
Errors noted in
one reference OR
one reference
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Errors noted in
both references
OR no
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E. In text Citations
(Total 10 points)
Professional Writing
(Total 5 points)
past 5 years in
correct APA
format (5 points
each=10 points
total)
missing.
references.
(5 points)
(0 points)
Two in-text
citations in
correct APA
format (5 points
each=10 points
total)
Errors noted in
one citation OR
one citation
missing
Errors noted in
both citations OR
no citations.
E-mail is written
clearly without
any grammatical
or spelling errors.
E-mail contains
1-3 grammatical
or spelling errors.
(0 points)
(5 points)
(3 points)
(5 points)
Email contains 4
or more
grammatical or
spelling errors.
(0 points)
A. Identifying Your Legislators: Find out who your legislators are at the state level. Use
a google search to locate your states legislative system, or here is a helpful link in which
you can identify your state- https://www.congress.gov/state-legislature-websites
 You only need one legislator that you are going to address your issue to. If email
information is not available then you would only place their physical address. In rare
cases a physical address is not listed, please include webpage address.
Record their names, titles, and contact information here:
Name- Royce West
Title- Senator
Contact InformationThe Honorable Royce West
P.O. Box 12068
Capitol Station
Austin, TX 78711
B. Issue Decription and Action Plan: Identify a current nursing issue important to you and your
practice. To help you begin organizing your thoughts, complete the following section.
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1). State the nursing issue that affects you in 1-2 sentences.
The nursing issue that affects me is staffing shortages. To function as a nurse, I believe that having
the correct type and amount of resources are needed for better patient outcomes and for nurses to
perform their job effectively.
Now, list three reasons or examples as to how this nursing issues personally affects your practice.

Patient safety

Creates a more stressful work environment

Delays care
2). What help/assistance are you requesting from your legislator?
The help/assistance I am requesting from my legislator is to help decrease staffing shortages by
putting additional funds into the development and frontline hospital care resources and or
implement laws to aid in modifying the staff to patient ratios.
Now, list three reasons or examples as to why this assistance would positively impact nurses.

Decrease burnout/stressful work environment

Improved patient care delivery

Prevent injury or harm to both patient and nurses
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C. Writing the E-mail: Write an e-mail explaining the importance of this issue to your practice.
Limit the e-mail to one page. Choose details you developed above; use the ones that you think
create the strongest and most persuasive e-mail. Remember to include a personal example from
your practice.
Follow the format of the sample e-mail located in the assignment instructions textbox. (The format
must be strictly followed, especially for how to address the legislator and inclusion of your home
address to classify you as a constituent.)
Be sure to edit your e-mail for spelling, grammar, and word usage. Read it aloud, and/or get a
friend or relative to read it and provide feedback. You will not be sending this to your legislator
as part of this assignment but you may choose to send it to them on your own to make them
aware of the issue you have addressed. For full credit, include two in-text citations from scholarly
articles dated within past 5 years. “Scholarly artilces” are only classified as peer-reviewed journal
articles are written by scholars or professionals who are experts in their fields. Magazine articles,
administration documents, reports from different kinds of organizations, essays, opinion pieces, or
Wikipedia resources are not scholarly articles.
Write your final e-mail in the space provided below.
Space for you to write your final e-mail to your legislator: Type directly below.
To: 5787 S. Hampton Rd., Suite 385 Dallas, TX 75232
Subject: Nursing Staff Shortage Concerns
The Honorable Royce West Texas Senate
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Dear Senator West,
I hope the city of Houston and the Texas Medical Center can count on you to assist us in the concern for
decreasing the nursing staff shortages throughout our great city. Good healthcare can be hard to find, but the
city of Houston is known for its proficient services and innovations within the medical field. Nurses are a
huge part of ensuring safe and effective care within the healthcare system. So I am writing you today, to ask
you for your help. As a nurse, I have experienced shifts where things not only go smoothly when we have the
appropriate amount of staff on the floor, but it also aids in patient safety and promotes a safer and more
positive work environment for nurses. Accomplishing better patient outcomes in my goal as a nurse, to
ensure my patients are not delayed care, and that their health and safety are a priority. This is hard to
maintain when we are short staffed.
Nurse burn out is a serious matter that should be addressed and prevented. I believe that it starts with
having the appropriate amount of staff available to allow for nurses to rest at home as well as not deal with
preventable stressers at work. I have personally witnessed the effects of having extra help from a resource
nurse or a nurse assistant. It improves my shift significantly compared to when they are not available. Help
me help the patients who need care receive it in the best way it can be offered. I ask that you review and
make changes to the patient to nurse ratio laws and help us by putting additional funding into the
development of appropriate nurse staffing needs.
Thank you for your time, and I hope we can count on your support.
Sincerely,
Deidra Gordon
P.O. Box 8925
Houston, TX 77249
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D. References: Please list references here. At least two from scholarly artilces (dated within the
past 5 years) are required to support your thoughts. Please use correct APA formatting.
Payne, D., Drake, L., Athey, D., & Kent, R. (2017). Are stressed healthcare staff in danger of
forgetting the lessons of Mid Staffs? Nursing Standard, 32(1), 31. https://doiorg.ezproxy.uta.edu/10.7748/ns.32.1.31.s34
Gaietto, K. J., & Brooks, M. V. (2019). The shortage of expert nephrology nurses and patient
quality care indicators: A quantitative cross-sectional study. CANNT Journal, 29(3), 13–21.
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