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Jun 16, 2024
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2023-2024 Yavapai College Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]
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NSG 410 - Issues in Professional Practice
Description: Building upon the RN to BSN student's practice, explores current political, economic, cultural, and social issues related to practice within the evolving health care system. The role of the nurse leader, advocating for quality within this changing environment will be discussed.
Prerequisites: Program Admission.
Credits: 3
Lecture: 3
Lab: 0
Course Content:
- Patient/Person centered care
- Safety and quality standards
- Economics in Healthcare: finance, reimbursement, for-profit, non-profit
- Health policy and advocacy
- Concepts of power, empowerment, incivility
- Healthcare disparities: community and vulnerable populations
- Health literacy and health outcomes
Learning Outcomes:
- Analyze nursing's role in improving local, national, and global health. (1,2,7)
- Examine the role of the professional nurse in advocating for access to quality care. (2,4,6)
- Assess the role of professional organizations in shaping the future of nursing practice. (2,5)
- Appraise the influence of external stakeholders impacting health care decision making. (3)
- Analyze the role of the professional nurse in advocating for health policies that influence health literacy and decrease health care disparities. (1,4,6,7)
- Assess a current economic, political or social issue and design opportunities for health improvement. (1,4,6)
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