Equity Justice in Nsg Sem

2 Credits · Level: Graduate

This seminar challenges students to analyze and reflect on professional leadership competencies related to vulnerability, advocacy and social justice. Students will explore the health and social issues impacting various marginalized populations through historical and systems-based perspectives. Analysis of public policies and determinants of health that perpetuate inequities will be explored with potential interventions proposed. Through application of an equity and values-based lens, students will develop skills in leading conversations related to identifying problems and solutions to complex problems facing disenfranchised patients and populations. The course will further develop the student’s ability to analyze contemporary health needs and problems, strategize to resolve recurrent problems, and discuss the impact of professional nursing leadership to improve patient and population health outcomes through interdisciplinary collaboration. 1 credit (seminar).