Course Description:

Rationale:

This course prepares the student for leadership roles and active involvement in the political process relevant to the development, implementation, and evaluation of health policies that are economically and ethically sound and designed to promote health and access to health care for individuals, families, communities, and society.

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Observable Learning Conclusions:

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• Identify major influences that have an effect on health care policy and the health care system in the United States.
• Compare legislative and regulatory processes involved in the development and implementation of health policy.
• Discuss economic implications of health planning, organization of personnel and resources, payment methods, and cost-effectiveness of various health care delivery systems.
• Critique socioeconomic, legal, ethical, and political issues relevant to policymaking and provision of equitable, safe, and quality health care at the local, state, and national levels.
• Analyze common ethical dilemmas and their impact on patient care and population health outcomes.
• Evaluate ethical decision-making from personal and organizational perspectives, while discussing the potential for conflicts of interest that may arise and proposing actions to resolve conflicts.
• Interpret the value and importance of the advanced practice nursing role(s) to policymakers, health care professionals, and consumers.
• Analyze issues relevant to health policy from a Christian worldview and biblical perspective.

Course Assignment Summary:

Textbook readings and lecture presentations

Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student is required to submit a thread in response to the provided promptly. The thread must be at least 500 words and be supported by 2 peer-reviewed journal articles in addition to the course textbook and the Bible. In addition to the thread, the student is required to reply to 2 classmates’ threads. Each reply must be at least 250 words. The student must support each thread and reply with at least 1 citation. For each thread and reply, the word count does not include the greeting, salutation, or references. The current APA format must be used for citations.

The student will write about an event that has occurred in his/her professional practice in which an error was made, an ethical dilemma arose, or a breakdown in teamwork, collaboration, and communication among the healthcare team negatively impacted a patient’s care or health outcome. The assignment must be 2–4 pages (not including the title and reference pages), include 2–3 peer-reviewed journal articles published within the last 5 years, and be in the current APA format.

• The student will submit a 12–15-page paper in current APA format addressing a state or federal health bill/policy that has been introduced but not passed or already exists in need of revision or elimination.
• The student must support his or her paper with 10–15 citations.
• The paper must include a title page, an abstract, and a reference page. The page count does not include the title page, abstract, or reference page.

1. The student will prepare a presentation as if briefing policy decision makers about the health bill/policy used in the Position Paper assignment.
2. The student’s position must be delivered via a method that incorporates both audio and visual components.
3. Examples include (but are not limited to) PowerPoint with voiceover, use of a screencasting application, or a YouTube Video.
4. The presentation must be limited to 10 slides (not including the title slide and references slide), and must not exceed 15 minutes.
5. A minimum of 5 scholarly citations published within the last 5 years in the current APA format are required.
6. The Presentation should be submitted to the Grade Book as well as the discussion assignment.

The student will post their position presentation within the Discussion and will be required to review the work of his/her peers and give substantive feedback. Each reply must be at least 100 words.

The student will write a 1–2-page formal, business-style letter expressing his or her views on the issue studied in previous weeks. Students should take into consideration feedback received from faculty and classmates. In addition, the student must include a title page and a reference page in the current APA format. The assignment must be written in the current APA format and include the link to the bill on the reference page along with any sources used.