Politics, Policy and Nursing (Online)

This course provides knowledge and understanding needed to participate as a professional nurse in health policy development, analysis and implementation. The influence of polities on the delivery of health care and nursing services will be explored. Focus will be placed on the recognition of social, economic and political determinants of health as well as evidence-based practices and polities that influence outcomes in vulnerable populations. The role of the professional nurse as a change agent in the political area will be examined from a historical to contemporary perspective.