PA001: Agenda Setting

PA001: Agenda Setting

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Overview
For this Performance Task Assessment, you will select a healthcare issue that was addressed by the agendas of the last three U.S. presidencies and compare the agendas using the comparison grid template. You will also develop talking points or a fact sheet that you could use to communicate the importance of this healthcare issue to a policymaker/legislator or a member of the individual’s staff for inclusion of this healthcare issue on an agenda.

Professional Skills: Written Communication and Critical Thinking and Problem Solving are assessed in this Competency.

Your response to this Assessment should:

Reflect the criteria provided in the Rubric.
Adhere to the required assignment length.
This Assessment requires submission of two (2) files, a completed Agenda Comparison Grid Template and a completed Talking Points or Fact Sheet. Save these files as PA001_template_firstinitial_lastname (for example, PA001_template_J_Smith) and PA001_talking points_firstinitial_lastname (for example, PA001_talking points_J_Smith).

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Instructions
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Agenda Comparison Grid
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Parts 1 and 2: Agenda Comparison Grid and Analysis
Based on the current and past two U.S. presidential terms, address the following in a 2-3-page comparison grid:

Descibe the administrative agency’s focus related to this healthcare issue.
Identify the allocation of financial and other resources by the administrative agency to address this healthcare issue.
Describe how the administrative agency supported the Administration’s approach to this healthcare issue.
Which administrative agency was most likely responsible for helping address the chosen healthcare issue? How were they helpful?
How did the healthcare issue get on the agenda, and how does it stay there?

Part 3: Talking Points or Fact Sheet
Based on your comparison grid for the healthcare issue you selected, develop a 1-page Talking Points or Fact Sheet that you could use to communicate with a policymaker/legislator or a member of the individual’s staff for this healthcare issue.

Summarize why this healthcare issue is important and should be included in the agenda for legislation.
Justify the role of the nurse in agenda setting for healthcare issues.
A minimum of 3 resources should be utilized and cited appropriately.

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