This document outlines an assignment for students to analyze agenda setting in the policy process. It instructs students to identify a clinical practice issue for their organization's agenda, consider relevant stakeholders, and write a 550-word post discussing strategies to inform and persuade stakeholders of the issue's importance. The post must reference at least 3 required readings that discuss stakeholder analysis, policy briefs, examples of nursing advocacy, and the role of research in policymaking.

1. Agenda Setting
A key aspect of the policy process is agenda setting. How do
topics get on that agenda? Agenda setting requires the support
of stakeholders to move the issue forward. In this week's media
presentation, Dr. Kathleen White outlines the policy process
and discusses how to move issues into the policy arena through
agenda setting. The ultimate goal is to gain the attention of
leadership whether at the organizational, local, state, national,
or international level.
To prepare:
Review this week’s media presentation, focusing on the
insights shared by Dr. White and Dr. Stanley on agenda
setting and identification of stakeholders.
Brainstorm clinical practice issues that you believe are
worthy of being on your organization’s systematic agenda.
Who are the stakeholders who would be interested in this
clinical practice issue?
By tomorrow 03/14/2018 3pm, write a minimum of 550 words in
APA format with at least 3 scholarly references from the list of
required readings below. Include the level one headings as
numbered below”
Post

2. a cohesive response that addresses the following:
1) In the first line of your posting, identify the clinical practice
issue you would like to see on your organization’s systematic
agenda.
2) What strategies would you use to inform stakeholders and
persuade them of the importance of your identified clinical
practice issue?
Required Readings
Hyder, A., Syed, S., Puvanachandra, P., Bloom, G., Sundaram,
S., Mahmood, S., ... Peters, D. (2010). Stakeholder analysis for
health research: case studies from low- and middle-income
countries. Public Health, 124(3), 159–166.
This study demonstrates how the engagement of stakeholders in
research and policy making can assist in the successful
implementation of policy proposals. The authors propose that by
engaging stakeholders, researchers and policy makers are
provided with multiple perspectives on proposed policies, which
can lead to greater success with policy adoption and
implementation.
Lavis, J. N., Permanand, G., Oxman, A. D., Lewin, S., &
Fretheim, A. (2009). SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed
health Policymaking (STP) 13: Preparing and using policy
briefs to support evidence-informed policymaking. Health

3. Research Policy & Systems, 71–79. doi: 10.1186/1478-4505-7-
S1-S13
The purpose of a policy brief is to communicate an issue clearly
and definitively to policy makers. The authors of this article
propose an outline for policy briefs and also stress the
importance of using research when creating a policy brief.
Lowery, B. (2009). Obesity, bariatric nursing, and the policy
process: The connecting points for patient advocacy. Bariatric
Nursing & Surgical Patient Care, 4(2), 133–138.
This article provides an example of nurse involvement in policy
making by examining a bariatric nursing issue. The author
stresses that nurses, in their patient-advocacy role, have a
responsibility to be involved in the health care policy process.
Moore, K. (2006). How can basic research on children and
families be useful for the policy process? Merrill-Palmer
Quarterly, 52(2), 365–375.
Institute of Medicine. (2010). The future of nursing: Leading
change, advancing health: Report recommendations.
Retrieved from
http://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/~/media/Files/Report%2
0Files/2010/The-Future-of-
Nursing/Future%20of%20Nursing%202010%20Recommendation
s.pdf
Introduced in Week 2, this IOM report highlights four key
recommendations in its proposal for the future directions of the
nursing profession. These recommendations focus on nursing

4. practice, education and training, partnerships with other
healthcare professionals, and workforce planning and
policymaking.
National Center for Policy Analysis (2010). Ideas changing the
world: Free-market health care policy. Retrieved from
http://www.ncpa.org/healthcare/
The NCPA is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that
promotes private sector solutions to public policy issues.
Slack, B. (2011). The policy process. Retrieved from
http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/methods/ch9c2en.html
The author presents a policy-making framework and provides
details on the four steps of that process: problem definition,
policy objectives and options, policy implementation, and
policy evaluation and maintenance.
Required Media
Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2011).
Healthcare policy and advocacy: Agenda setting and the policy
process. Baltimore: Author.
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 17 minutes.
Dr. Kathleen White and Dr. Joan Stanley share their insights

5. into agenda setting and how issues are moved forward into the
policy process.
Optional Resources
Barnes, M., Hanson, C., Novilla, L., Meacham, A., McIntyre,
E., & Erickson, B. (2008). Analysis of media agenda setting
during and after Hurricane Katrina: Implications for emergency
preparedness, disaster response, and disaster policy. American
Journal of Public Health, 98(4), 604–610.
Jennings, C. (2002). The power of the policy brief. Policy,
Politics & Nursing Practice, 3(3), 261–263. doi:
10.1177/152715440200300310
Neumann, P. J., Palmer, J. A., Daniels, N., Quigley, K., Gold,
M. R., & Chao, S. (2008). A strategic plan for integrating cost-
effectiveness analysis into the US health care system. American
Journal of Managed Care, 14(4), 185-188.
Plan, Policy, Procedure Relationship Diagram. (n.d.). Retrieved
from
http://www.informationsecurityintel.com/docs/Fig.%204.3.pdf