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As a nurse, you are a lobbyist for better health care. You can be active and make your needs known or you can be passive and not let your needs be known. The strength of VSNA's lobbying is its grassroots orientation.
The individual nurse provides the one-to-one contact between VSNA and the lawmaker. Lobbying is essentially an educational process; a lobbyist provides information which broadens a legislator's understanding of an issue. Providing your viewpoints and information not only promotes nursing interests in the legislative arena, but it is a very important part of a citizen's responsibility in the democratic system. The legislators are elected by their constituents and they try to vote on the basis of what is best for their constituents. The democratic process does not end at the voting booth, citizens have the responsibility to keep the lawmakers aware of the issues and informed on how these issues will affect the lawmakers' constituents. You, the individual nurse, can influence the lawmakers' vote because you are his/her constituent. These lobbying tips will help you make the most effective presentation on behalf of nursing.
CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS:
One of the most important things you can do is to make sure, not only that you know who your legislator is, but also, that your legislator knows who you are. At the state level, your legislator is a neighbor, a friend, a friend of a... |
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