NURS 750 Social Ethics and Health Policy

This course prepares the nurse leader to advance the agenda of the rapidly changing care environment by examination of health policy research and analysis. Students will focus on policy process and develop and implement policy agendas.  They will participate in collective decision-making, identifying roles and key stakeholders. The course will address how to identify gaps in policy knowledge and provide opportunity for nurse leaders to engage in processes that influence policy decisions at the institutional, local, state, regional, national and/ or international levels. The course will prepare the nurse leader to analyze the policy process and engage in politically competent care while examining the interactions among economics, ethical principles, social policies, legislative, and regulatory processes that influence access, delivery, and organization of health care systems.  

Students will complete experiential hours that may be attained in a variety of settings appropriate to the course to demonstrate practice and mastery of the AACN Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice.