“Advocating for Change: Addressing a Health Concern in the Community” Introduction: Advocacy is an essential skill for Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs) to have in order to promote solutions to health concerns within a community. In this

Advocacy is a critical skill for APNs to have for promoting solutions to health concerns within a community. Identify a health issue in your community or state. Discuss a systems-level advocacy strategy to address the concern. In the strategy, students should identify specific groups or individuals that they would target as well as how they would target these individuals. For example, a student may choose to contact a legislator with a letter-writing campaign and would describe strategies for implementing that campaign.