NURS 536 - Law, Regulations, Ethics Healthcare

3 Credits

This course provides an overview of legal issues associated with healthcare. Ethical issues associated with the practice of medicine, decision-making, and policy in the healthcare environment are also examined. The course begins by describing the basics of policymaking and the legal processes that influence healthcare and health systems and includes an exploration of fundamental problems, opportunities, and contemporary issues in health policy and law.Students learn to think systematically about these issues and the various methods available to public and private policymakers to address them. The course describes the methods of writing a policy analysis and engaging in health advocacy, allowing students to apply analytic writing and advocacy skills to policy and legal problems in healthcare and population health.

Credit Type Code: Letter Grade