Politics and Policy Nursing

Catalog description

This course is designed to enhance the student's understanding of health policy as it relates to professional nursing practice. Students will explore health care policy and the policy-making process at various levels of government, research the impact of special interest groups on policy, and learn effective strategies to interact with legislators as citizen lobbyists and/or members of professional nursing organizations. Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll. Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Nursing.