Implementation of Evidence-Based Advocacy and Lobbying Toolkit

This quality improvement project implemented and assessed an evidence-based advocacy and lobbying toolkit to gain legislative support. The toolkit included templates for policy statements, legislator meetings, and testimony methods. Twenty-five legislative committee members from a Mid-Atlantic nurse practitioner professional state organization received advocacy toolkit education. Results showed varying template adherence rates: 10.8% for policy statements, 3.8% for legislator meetings, and 15.3% for testimony. Policy Advocacy Engagement Scale scores for confidence in legislative communication increased from 3.11 to 3.5, scored on a 0 to 4 Likert scale. The toolkit demonstrated potential to improve legislative communication effectiveness between nurse practitioners and legislators.