Policy And Politics In Nursing And Healthcare - Revised Reprint , 6th Edition Lecture Notes

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Mason: Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care, 6th Edition
Introduction to Instructor's Manual

Alma Dixon

This manual is designed to guide and support faculty who are responsible for teaching
courses for undergraduate nursing students about policy and politics. Although students will
be focused on developing their skills as novice clinicians, it is vital they also recognize the
roles policy and politics play in patient care, the health system, and human health. Learning
about policy and politics will draw students’ attention to many issues in the health system
and to learn about how they can play a role in addressing problems. Major problems that
exist today include:

The unsustainable high cost of care
Health care and medical errors
Inadequate access to care
The shortage of nursing faculty needed to prepare an adequate nursing workforce
An insufficient primary care and public health workforce
Significant disparities in access to care
An inadequate focus on prevention of disease
An economy in recession
Learning Outcomes

The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice (AACN, 2008)
includes a policy as an essential part of nursing curriculum through Essential V (Healthcare
Policy, Finance, and Regulatory Environments). The following outcomes are suggested as
guideposts for course activities. If you are able to determine that these learning outcomes
were met in prior courses, your task as the instructor will be to reinforce prior knowledge.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1.
Demonstrate basic knowledge of health care policy, finance, and regulatory
environments, including local, state, national, and global health care trends.

2.
Describe how health care is organized and financed, including the implications of
business principles, such as system cost factors.

3.
Compare the benefits and limitations of the major forms of reimbursement on the
delivery of health care services.

4.
Examine legislative and regulatory processes relevant to the provision of health care.
5.
Describe state and national statutes, rules, and regulations that authorize and define
professional nursing practice.

6.
Explore the impact of sociocultural, economic, legal, and political factors influencing
health care delivery and practice.
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7.
Examine the roles and responsibilities of regulatory agencies and their effect on
patient care quality, workplace safety, and the scope of nursing and other health care
professionals’ practice.

8.
Discuss the implications of health care policy on issues of access, equity,
affordability, and social justice in health care delivery.

9.
Use an ethical framework to evaluate the impact of social policies on health care,
especially for vulnerable populations.

10.
Articulate through a nursing perspective issues concerning health care delivery to
decision makers within health care organizations and other political arenas.

11.
Participate as a nursing professional in political processes and grassroots legislative
efforts to influence health care policy.

12.
Advocate for patients and the nursing profession.
This manual is designed to be used with Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care (6th
edition). Some chapters are noted to be as Highly Recommended reading for all students.
These are the core chapters that address foundational content in policy and politics. Some
chapters are noted to be Suggested; these contain important content and can be assigned
based on the overall design of the course. Other chapters are identified as Optional; these
may be assigned based on individual student interest and learning needs.

The learning outcomes and teaching strategies are designed for specific units instead of
individual chapters. This allows instructors to focus on the broader concepts that will enable
students to apply the knowledge to their clinical experiences and theory learned in prior
nursing courses. Throughout this manual, the emphasis is on application of knowledge rather
than memorization of content. Therefore, chapters entitled “Taking Action” have educational
strategies specifically designed to encourage students to select an area of interest and apply
the skills learned to their clinical practice, experience, and knowledge. Each unit contains
Websites that both instructors and students may use to complete assignments and keep
abreast of the changes in a rapidly evolving health care system.

Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care (6th edition) is designed for use across nursing
curricula from undergraduate education to graduate preparation at the Master’s and
Doctorate levels. This manual begins the process by suggesting teaching strategies that lay
the foundation for future study for students who will pursue advanced degrees. For students
who do not advance their education, it suggests educational approaches that expose them to
the major challenges that nurses have always embraced, and that is to effect change for
patients by exercising our single and collective voices on behalf of the most vulnerable and
often disenfranchised members of our society.

References

American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2008, October 20). The Essentials of
Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice. Washington DC: American
Association of Colleges of Nursing.

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