Certain aspects of our political action plan could not be followed through due to time constraints. We were unable to get space on the Commons, as you must provide two weeks notice to reserve space. Instead, we implemented a more manageable political action campaign for the time we had. We started a Facebook group to raise awareness about the bill and provide viewers with access to our blog. We also sent a mass email to Kelly Brown to inform nursing students about the bill and how it would affect their careers. The email also provided a link to our blog and an opportunity to share their thoughts with influential legislators if they wish to do so. These are the first steps in a campaign, and if we wished to continue this action plan, we could easily flow from these initial actions into signing petitions and contacting legislators.
No concerns have been identified yet.
We feel that the blog experience was a wonderful learning opportunity in numerous respects. For many of us, we'd never started a blog, made a political action plan, or contacted a legislator. We feel more prepared to take action supporting or protesting an issue if we wished to do so. I think it speaks strongly that we chose to support an issue that would empower nurse practitioners to provide care outside of the constraints of current health care, when we ourselves have become more empowered by completing this process. The interactive and thorough nature of this project challenged us to understand an issue beyond its definition, but into the political, social, and economic effects it would have on our society.
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