NURS 736 - Health Care Policy and Social Justice

(3 units)

This course addresses health care policy concepts and techniques for policy analysis as these relate to nursing practice and health care leadership.

Prerequisite(s): Admission to an OSN graduate program.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Spring

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. analyze the influence of health policy, social justice, and other variables on advanced nursing roles.
2. critique health policy issues that affect the delivery of health care at the local, state, national, and international levels.
3. apply selected policy, quality control, systems, and/or leadership theories to healthcare delivery structures.
4. examine global, national, and regional health care systems in relation to population health outcomes.
5. evaluate social justice strategies in the health care system and the nursing profession.
6. analyze nursing policy issues in relation to population determinants that influence the delivery and effectiveness of health care.

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