Mar 28, 2024  
2023-2024 Graduate Academic Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Graduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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NUR 6010 - Health Care Policy and Ethics

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
This course focuses on developing advanced skills in advocacy, policy development, and involvement in political action. Ethical, legal, and regulatory concepts are applied to key public policy issues at the local, state, and national levels to advance the health of individuals, families, communities, and systems.  Current policies and regulations for advanced practice nurses are analyzed and critiqued at state level.   (prereq: none)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  • Examine the effect of legal and regulatory processes on nursing practice, health care delivery, and outcomes 
  • Evaluate the impact of health policy changes on individuals, families, communities, and organizations  
  • Interpret evidence and relevant professional standards for policy makers and stakeholders 
  • Propose a policy change that would advocate for a specific population
  • Apply appropriate ethical principles to health policy initiatives
  • Articulate relevant professional, regulatory standards as they apply to advanced nursing practice
  • Critique political actions that have resulted in change and their impact on health outcomes
  • Analyze and critique state policy and regulations for advanced practice nurses

Prerequisites by Topic
  • None

Course Topics
  • Introduction and application of ethics to policy and politics in nursing and health care
  • Policy development and communication strategies
  • Health care delivery and financing
  • Ethics, policy, and politics in the government
  • Ethics, policy, and research
  • Policy and ethics in the workplace and the workforce
  • Professional associations and interest groups
  • Policy and ethics: applications to unique health care settings
  • Analysis and critique of advance practice nurse roles per state
  • Ethical team debates
  • Presentation of current ethical issues (CRISPR, artificial intelligence, allocation of resources, etc.)
  • The future of health care reform

Coordinator
Dr. Victoria Carlson Oehlers



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