Nursing Policy Development and Implementation

Analyze the role of government in healthcare policy.

Examine the role of the advanced practice nurse in policy development and implementation.

Compare theories and models of the policy process and apply one to a specific problem.

Critically analyze laws, regulations, and policies at the institutional, local, state, and national levels that affect patients and the practice of nursing.

Propose the future of nurses in health care policy.

Create a new policy or a change to a current policy.