NURS 7793 - Health Policy Leadership Seminar

4 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to MSN program.
This seminar provides students with an advanced understanding of the issues of leadership and health policy as it relates to nursing. The course addresses theories and models of the health policy process with a focus on integrating health service research theory and methods. Students engage in intensive study of trends in health policy, leadership issues related to policy, and the active engagement of the advance practice nurse in forming health policy Perspectives on agenda setting, media roles, advocacy, policy innovation, diffusion, and implementation are also integrated with examples of specific nursing policy problems.