Increasing Nurses’ Participation in Legislative Policymaking

***THIS IS A DNP CAPSTONE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT***

*QUALIFY to be included in PROJECT DATA.*

Details below.

Nurses are consistently absent in the rooms where policymaking discussions are being held. Yet, the Future of Nursing Report 2020-2030 not only provides recommendations for where nurses can enter policymaking discussions but also specifically calls to nurses' unique attributes that make them especially equipped to advance these issues.

For this four-part series, we're looking for registered nurses to pilot a new discussion-style forum in a DNP Candidate's aim to increase nurses' participation in legislative policymaking. Nurses in attendance will have the opportunity to ask questions directly from nursing experts who have a combined 75+ years of health and nursing policy advocacy experience.

• No minimum experience is required.
• Must be a member of a professional nursing association in California.
• Must attend all four event dates to be included in project data.

--- DATES, TOPIC, & EXPERTS ---

MARCH 2ND @ 10AM - TODAY'S SESSION

Leverage Public Health Expertise - FON Recommendation (1.2)

Expert: BJ Bartleson, Immediate Past VP of Policy and Advocacy at the California Hospital Association (CHA).

Recommendation Summary: Across nursing organizations: Leverage expertise of public health nursing. Develop mechanisms for leveraging the expertise of public health nursing (e.g., in population health, SDOH, community-level assessment) as a resource for the broader nursing.

MARCH 9TH @ 11AM

Expertise in Health Equity - FON Recommendation (2.1)

Experts: Dr. Sharon Goldfarb, Immediate Past President of the California Organization of Associate Degree Nursing (COADN) & Make'da Traynum, 2022 ANA\California Advocacy Institute Fellow on Health Equity

MARCH 23RD @ 10AM

Nursing Expertise in Policy Reform - FON Recommendation (2.9)

Experts: Dr. Marketa Houskova, ANA\California Executive Director, & Roxanne Gould, Licensed Lobbyist

MARCH 30TH @ 11AM

Adequate Funding for Public Health - FON Recommendation (5.5)

Expert: Catherine Dodd, Former Chief of Staff to Nancy Pelosi, Former Presidential Appointee to U.S. Health and Human Services, and Former Director of the San Francisco Health Service System.

ANA\California is honored to support our member, Brooke Newman DNP(c), RN, in her journey to achieve her DNP and this important policy forum.