Assignment Task: Policy Influences on Healthcare Decisions
Competency: Differentiate the legal and professional policies influencing healthcare decisions.
Scenario:
You recently joined American Nurses Association and volunteered to serve on a committee focused on health policy issues. A policy topic of concern for this committee is genetic discrimination. You offered to write a letter to your national legislator in your voting district addressing legal and professional policies associated with genetic discrimination.
Instructions:
Write a professional letter to your legislator demonstrating advocacy for legal and professional policies that protect individuals from genetic discrimination.
In this letter, include the following information:
o Describe the concern for genetic discrimination, including a background of the genetic condition and the specific issue at risk for discrimination
o Compare current federal and state policies (legislation) that impact genetic or genomic issues
o Analyze professional nursing policies that address ethical advocacy for the selected genetic or genomic issue
o All content must be supported by providing rationales, examples and evidence from credible sources