HEALTH CARE ECONOMICS, FINANCE, AND POLICY FOR NURSING PRACTICE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Nursing (Collaborative Program) BSN Repeatable for Credit: No Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe how finance, reimbursement, and organization of the U.S. healthcare system, including mixed payers (government and commercial insurance), and out-of-pocket patient expenditures impact the design, delivery, and accessibility of nursing and healthcare services. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Determine the drivers of health care expenditures explaining their impact on health care cost, nursing practice, and population health outcomes. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Examine healthcare policies and legislation affecting population health outcomes and nursing practice. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Integrate economic and policy decision-making into advocating for policy changes that promote nursing practice and health equity to improve healthcare outcomes. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Compare and contrast national (U.S.) and global healthcare systems through an economic lens. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Apply nursing economics, ethics, and healthcare policy to advocate for patients and communities while effectively navigating and contributing to ever-evolving healthcare and nursing practice environments. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe how finance, reimbursement, and organization of the U.S. healthcare system, including mixed payers (government and commercial insurance), and out-of-pocket patient expenditures impact the design, delivery, and accessibility of nursing and healthcare services. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Determine the drivers of health care expenditures explaining their impact on health care cost, nursing practice, and population health outcomes. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Examine healthcare policies and legislation affecting population health outcomes and nursing practice. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Integrate economic and policy decision-making into advocating for policy changes that promote nursing practice and health equity to improve healthcare outcomes. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Compare and contrast national (U.S.) and global healthcare systems through an economic lens. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Apply nursing economics, ethics, and healthcare policy to advocate for patients and communities while effectively navigating and contributing to ever-evolving healthcare and nursing practice environments. Audience: Undergraduate