There are no federal mandates regulating the number of patients a registered nurse can care for at one time in U.S. hospitals. As a result, registered nurses (RNs) are consistently required to care for more patients than is safe, compromising patient care and negatively impacting patient outcomes. This legislation would protect patients and improve health care by setting mandated, minimum, registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratios.
Identify an appropriate congressional leader about a selected population health issue in your nearby community. You will need to research the official and explain why you chose to contact them. You may contact any nursing advocacy organization for related topics and/or legislative bills for information also.
You will then, write a one-page letter to the identified congressional leader introducing yourself, giving a brief summary with statistical/scientific support about the issue you are addressing. Finally, you must describe your suggested solution to the issue and what you desire the leader to do concerning it. You must use three (3) scholarly resources in your research and submit the worksheet along with the letter for grading.
