Write a letter to the editor of a scholarly journal. The length and format of the letter is dictated by your choice of journal.

write a letter to the editor of a peer-reviewed nursing journal. Use the Nursing Master’s Program (MSN) Library Guide to select a journal, and go to the journal’s website to find out the requirements for submitting an editorial, such as format requirements, topics, and word counts. Make sure you select a nursing journal that covers the topic about which you are going to write. If you want to use another journal that is not on this list, please make sure the journal does address healthcare, because this is the purpose of the assessment. write a letter to the editor of a scholarly journal in response to an article in that selected journal. Your goal is to be informative about the policy that you developed for your previous Biopsychosocial Population Health Policy Proposal assessment, while also being persuasive about the need for and benefit of similar policies in other healthcare settings. The bullet points below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Be sure that your assessment submission addresses all of them. You may also want to read the Letter to the Editor: Population Health Policy Advocacy Scoring Guide and Guiding Questions: Letter to the Editor: Population Health Policy Advocacy [PDF] to better understand how each grading criterion will be assessed. Evaluate the current state of the quality of care and outcomes for a specific issue in a target population negatively impacted by health inequity. Look back to the data or scenario you used in your previous assessment to address this criterion. Analyze how the current state of the quality of care and outcomes for a specific issue in a target population necessitates health policy development and advocacy. Justify why the developed policy will be vital in improving the quality of care and outcomes for a specific issue in a target population. Advocate for policy development in other care settings with regard to a specific issue in a target population. Analyze the ways in which an interdisciplinary team strategizes to develop a policy that supports efficient and effective achievement of desired outcomes for the target population. Communicate in a professional and persuasive manner, writing content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style (or the journal’s preferred style). Be sure the article you choose to respond to is relatively current, meaning published within the last five years. Example assessment: You may use the Assessment 3 Example [PDF] to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like. Submission Requirements The submission requirements for your editorial will depend on the journal you choose. To find out the requirements, go to the journal’s Web site. There should be a section regarding submissions that will address how to format letters to the editor, and whether there is a word count limit (there usually is a limit). If the journal does not have submission guidelines for the number of resources required, use 3–5 sources. To be sure that your faculty knows the submission and formatting requirements for your letter, include the journal’s guidelines on a separate page at the end of the document you submit for this assessment. Be sure that the article your respond to has been published within the last five years. Reference American Nurses Association. (2015). Code of ethics for nurses with interpretive statements. http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/EthicsStandards/CodeofEthicsforNurses/Code-of-Ethics-For-Nurses.html