NUR 430 - Health Care Systems Politics and Policy (3 credits)

(Prereq: admission to the BSN Completion Program) This course focuses on health policy and issues that affect consumers of health care and nursing practice. The organization of the U.S. health care system and the policy making process are explored and the legal, political, economic, social and environmental influences are analyzed. Designed to encourage the students to take an active role as a professional nurse in the political process and policy development process that defines health care in the U.S.