Part of our political action plan was to contact key legislators. Because Representative Steve Kagen is the primary sponsor of this bill, we felt it necessary to contact him and invite him to visit our blog. He was contacted via e-mail and informed that we supported his vision regarding the need for change in home health care. He did not respond personally but was courteous enough to respond with an e-mail that read, "Thank you for contacting me. My staff and I are working hard for you and will respond as soon as possible. I am very interested in listening to your opinions and feel honored to have the opportunity to serve your best interests. Because of the large number of correspondences we receive, it may take me several weeks to respond. Thank you for your patience. Thanks again for sharing your concerns with me. Let's work together, and we will build a better future for all of us." Although we did not get immediate feedback, we hope to continue our efforts in educating the general public about this growing concern.
A JMU home health instructor responded: “I am very impressed. I would like to know if this can be used even as a teaching tool in our Home Health practicum course senior level 2. The visuals are sharp, the content is focused. This blog spurred me on, and I signed up for SaveHomeHealth and their postings. I will contact Mark Warner. I feel like I am taking part in something very important as I am in the field each week (even at the minimal level of faculty overseeing students with their nurse preceptors). Again, this is very professional appearing!”
A current senior II was contacted. She said that our page looked great and that it was very professional. She stated that she is currently in a home health clinical and realizes the importance and need for home health nurses. She joined our blog and supports the Home Health Promotion Act of 2009.
The Vice President of Public Policy for the VNAA, Kathleen Sheehan, responded to the letter sent and asked to schedule a phone call with one of our group members to further discuss our blog page.
We did not receive responses from the two co-sponsors and the three Virginia Legislators that were contacted via e-mail.
A JMU home health instructor responded: “I am very impressed. I would like to know if this can be used even as a teaching tool in our Home Health practicum course senior level 2. The visuals are sharp, the content is focused. This blog spurred me on, and I signed up for SaveHomeHealth and their postings. I will contact Mark Warner. I feel like I am taking part in something very important as I am in the field each week (even at the minimal level of faculty overseeing students with their nurse preceptors). Again, this is very professional appearing!”
A current senior II was contacted. She said that our page looked great and that it was very professional. She stated that she is currently in a home health clinical and realizes the importance and need for home health nurses. She joined our blog and supports the Home Health Promotion Act of 2009.
The Vice President of Public Policy for the VNAA, Kathleen Sheehan, responded to the letter sent and asked to schedule a phone call with one of our group members to further discuss our blog page.
We did not receive responses from the two co-sponsors and the three Virginia Legislators that were contacted via e-mail.
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