Nursing and Health Policy
This course provides a framework for understanding health care delivery systems and the ability to analyze health policy using selected theoretical models. Students will apply theoretical models to evaluate existing and proposed health policies from the perspective of relevant stakeholders. Students will identify the political, economic, legal, social and ethical forces which impact the health policy-making process at the organization, local, state and national level, The changing role and responsibilities of the government, private sector, health professionals, and consumers will be examined in terms of access to care, health care financing, regulations, safety, quality and efficiency. Specific methods and strategies to influence health policy will be explored.
Outcomes: 1) Analyze health care delivery systems and specific health policies using selected theoretical models; 2) Describe forces that shape health care policy development and implementation in the United States; 3) Relate the philosophy and ethical basis of Jesuit education to the values and preferences which shape health policy in a pluralistic society; 4) Outline the process of policy development and implementation within the content of multiple forces (government, the private sector, health professionals and consumers) that shape health care policy in the United States; 5) Discuss current health and nursing policy issues in the US and globally with emphasis on the political, social, economic, and cultural factors which influence health disparities and access to care; 6) Analyze a health policy within the student's own area of practice and interest in terms of the social, economic, legal political, and ethical forces that effect current and latent health outcomes; 7) Explain specific methods and strategies hat health care providers can use to advocate for and influence health policy at the organization, local, state, national and/or international level.
Outcomes: 1) Analyze health care delivery systems and specific health policies using selected theoretical models; 2) Describe forces that shape health care policy development and implementation in the United States; 3) Relate the philosophy and ethical basis of Jesuit education to the values and preferences which shape health policy in a pluralistic society; 4) Outline the process of policy development and implementation within the content of multiple forces (government, the private sector, health professionals and consumers) that shape health care policy in the United States; 5) Discuss current health and nursing policy issues in the US and globally with emphasis on the political, social, economic, and cultural factors which influence health disparities and access to care; 6) Analyze a health policy within the student's own area of practice and interest in terms of the social, economic, legal political, and ethical forces that effect current and latent health outcomes; 7) Explain specific methods and strategies hat health care providers can use to advocate for and influence health policy at the organization, local, state, national and/or international level.