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NUR 520 – Healthcare Policy and Politics

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Focuses on the impact of healthcare policies, politics, and trends on healthcare delivery and

professional nursing practice, and the concepts of regulatory and quality control as a basis for

promoting higher quality nursing care, in alignment with the QSEN framework. Explores the

implications of healthcare policies for leadership, healthcare finance, education, health

promotion and community-based healthcare delivery efforts, technology integration, and nursing

research. Ethical decision making and cultural competence will be explored within the context

of healthcare policy. Learners will have the opportunity to apply this knowledge in a practice

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Sentinel City® 3.0 Virtual Experience. Healthcare Learning Innovations.

Supplemental Resources

American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication Manual of the American Psychological

Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC.

APA FORMAT IS REQUIRED FOR PROGRAM BUT THE BOOK IS OPTIONAL

THEREOPTIONAL THERE ARE OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR APA.

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

and an art to colleagues, educational institutions, and community constituents.

5) Discuss the impact of healthcare policies on various aspects of the nursing role and on

healthcare delivery, including staffing, budgeting/finance, technology/informatics, and

education.

6) Explain the relationship between healthcare policy, politics, health promotion, and

community and public health care delivery and outcomes.

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7) Discuss the relationships among healthcare policy, politics, and healthcare disparities,

communities, and populations in dynamic healthcare delivery systems.

11) Discuss the influence of internal and external health policies on an organization’s

structure, culture, and outcomes within dynamic healthcare systems.

12) Explain the nurse leader’s role in driving internal and external health policy changes and

serving as change agents to improve patients’ health and healthcare organizational

outcomes.

13) Assimilate professional ethics, effective communication, and interdisciplinary team

collaboration when advocating for effective local, national, and global healthcare

policies.

14) Compare and contrast contemporary issues related to healthcare policy and politics in

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WEEKLY COURSE SCHEDULE

Module

1.1

Preparation

Activities

Supplemental

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Evaluation

Module

1.2

Preparation

Activities

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Supplemental

Evaluation

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Module

Preparation

Eliminate Healthcare Disparities and Health Inequities.

Activities

Supplemental

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GRADING SCALE – GRADUATE

800 – 899 80% – 89% B

700 – 799 70% – 79% C

Below 700 Below 70% F

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Clinical Experiences within the MSN Program

Courses within the MSN Program may include clinical experiences (experiential learning), which

are required for successful course completion. Clinical experiences (experiential learning)

enable students to apply new knowledge gleaned from Master’s Level coursework. Students

engaged in these experiential learning opportunities will participate in indirect care experiences

that focus on application of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Master’s

Essentials and/or the Graduate Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)

Competencies. These experiences will be offered in an actual or simulated practice setting, and

Clinical experiences (experiential learning) are graded on a “Satisfactory”/ “Unsatisfactory”

basis. A final clinical evaluation grade of “Satisfactory” is required for successful completion of

all courses that include a clinical component, regardless of the grade earned in the didactic

(theory) portion of the course. If a student does not achieve a passing grade in the didactic

the student will receive a final grade of “F” (failing) for the entire course, and will be required to

re-take the course (including both didactic [theory] and clinical aspects of the course), subject to

the program’s re-take policy.

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