To take a proactive role in nursing policy, I need to have an email to my legislator about a current nursing issue.  Write a concise, professionally worded e-mail to one of the state-level legislators about a current nursing issue that is important. I will attach a sample of how the email needs to be formatted. I will fill out name of my legislator etc.

Performance Objective:

• Identify the ways nurses can personally take part in shaping future nursing care.

In addition:  at the bottom of the email, instead of a reference, I need:

The Issue;  three reasons or examples

The Requested Action;  three reasons or examples

The issue/action requested and examples DO NOT have to be lengthy. It is just a model to show an organization of your thoughts for the nursing issues being emailed about.

Here are the choice of topics that can be covered.

• Workplace violence- any physical assault, threatening behavior or verbal abuse in the workplace as defined by NIOSH. ANA recognizes workplace violence as a problem and strives to protect nurses.

Lateral violence (bullying), this happens a lot with student nurses as well

Nurses exp violence from patients on the job