NUR 635 - Health Policy, Politics and Advocacy

This course provides an overview of health care policies and the roles that nurses play in the changing context of health care systems, the advocacy strategies which shape health care policy decisions that advance social justice practices, and the decision-making process to improve the quality of health care delivery systems. Students will analyze and apply research that shapes local, national, and global health care policies within complex health care systems. Emphasis will be placed on the development of knowledge and skills needed to design health care policies and recognize the influence of economic, socio-political, and other forces of policy formation, implementation, and modification to redesign health care.

Credits: 3

Program Graduate