Universty of Maryland Week 7 Social Justice Discussion

Consider the topic you have selected for your social justice project. In your discussion response address the following questions:

Which of the methods of communication, presented in the content this week, do you feel is most effective as it relates to the advocacy efforts associated with your specific topic? Explain your answer.

Select two of the following types of power that will be needed to promote change. Explain your answers.

1. Collective power
2. Expert power

Legitimate power

1. Referent power
2. Reward power
3. Coercive power
4. Please be sure to support your discussion with a scholarly source. Please also respond to at least two peers this week to achieve full participation points.
5. This activity aligns with:
6. Course Outcome ? 6. Delineate strategies that nurses can use to engage in advocacy for healthcare policy to support equity, access, affordability, and social justice for consumers and in support of the nursing profession.  

AACN BSN Essential V.11: Participate as a nursing professional in political processes and grassroots legislative efforts to influence healthcare policy. 

AACN BSN Essential V.12: Advocate for consumers and the nursing profession

AACN BSN Essential VII.12: Advocate for social justice, including a commitment to the health of vulnerable populations and the elimination of health disparities.