ESSAY: Agenda Comparison Grid

Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief
Based on the feedback that you received from your colleagues in the Discussion, revise Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid and Part 2: Agenda Comparison Grid Analysis.
Then, using the information recorded on the template in Parts 1 and 2, develop a 1-page Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief that you could use to communicate with a policymaker/legislator or a member of their staff for this healthcare issue. You can use Microsoft Word or PowerPoint to create your Fact Sheet or Talking Point Brief. Be sure to address the following:
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.

ANSWER

The issue of heart disease and stroke is an important issue that should be included in any legislation made on health matters. With one in every four deaths being from this condition, Americans’ may be looking at a looming health crisis due to the habits they have begun to consider as the norm (Mozaffarian et al., 2016). Including this healthcare issue in the legislative agenda will ensure that more people can receive affordable and efficient healthcare services. Secondly, it would also help in subsiding insurance costs making it more accessible for the citizens affected by the condition. Thirdly, it would ensure that preventive measures are taken to solve the current health problem …

Nurses taking part in policy-making for any healthcare issues is crucial in the agenda forming process (George et al., 2012). This is because of their real-life experience in dealing with the factors that instigate, cause, and propel diseases. Their experience would also be detrimental in understanding what measures should be taken in the decisions made by legislation (Abood, 2007). The solutions decided upon should be dependent on the different ages of the people affected by these conditions, ensuring its efficiency. Secondly, their involvement…

References

Abood, S. (2007). Influencing health care in the legislative arena. OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 12(1), 2.

George, C., Whitehouse, D., & Duquenoy, P. (Eds.). (2012). eHealth: legal, ethical, and governance challenges. Springer Science & Business Media.

Mozaffarian, D., Benjamin, E. J., Go, A. S., Arnett, D. K., Blaha, M. J., Cushman, M., … & Howard, V. J. (2016). Heart disease and stroke statistics-2016 update a report from the American Heart Association. Circulation, 133(4), e38-e48.