Nurses who are engaged in legislative policy changes must become familiar with federal, state, and local governments.

Use a search engine to find your local state government website. The official site will typically include .gov at the end of the URL. From there, you can explore all the bills that are being reviewed or have recently been voted on.

Hawaii State Legislature

Initial Post

In an initial post, respond to the following:

• Using the official state government website, look at current health policies/practices for your home community that are up for a vote.
• Prepare a testimony to your legislative representative explaining how you think they should vote and support your stance.
• Share your testimony with the class.

approximately 200–250 words

Use APA 7th edition format for references and whenever possible, post references as a hyperlink to access the reference article.