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NURSING 442

HEALTH SYSTEMS, POLICY, AND ECONOMICS

2 credits.

Learning is centered on health systems, policy, and economics. Expand understanding of core nursing competencies such as safe therapeutic care, and health informatics by examining how these concepts operate at a systems-level to influence care and outcomes. Focus is given to emergency preparedness as enacted in a variety of systems. Key conceptual elements of the healthcare system, organization, policy, financing and law and quality improvement and their impact on care and outcomes are examined.

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: NURSING 434 , 435 , 436 , and 437 Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2024 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the structure and function of the health system at the local, state, national, and global level. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Understand organizational theories, structures, and processes, and their applicability in the analysis of clinical care services within the healthcare delivery system. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explain principles and practices of emergency-preparedness in selected health systems. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Outline the role of policy in regard to nurses’ role and health outcomes and how nurses can affect policy. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify key trends in the financing of healthcare at national and local levels. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Explain principles and processes of quality improvement. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the structure and function of the health system at the local, state, national, and global level. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Understand organizational theories, structures, and processes, and their applicability in the analysis of clinical care services within the healthcare delivery system. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explain principles and practices of emergency-preparedness in selected health systems. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Outline the role of policy in regard to nurses’ role and health outcomes and how nurses can affect policy. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify key trends in the financing of healthcare at national and local levels. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Explain principles and processes of quality improvement. Audience: Undergraduate

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