NURS8716 · Nursing
Connell School of Nursing
This course prepares nurse leaders and scholars to influence health care and related policies in support of nursing's goals and social justice. The structure and financing of U.S. health care system and roles of government, insurers, providers, and consumers are examined. The relationships among health policy and the social and economic determinants of health are explored through analysis of key issues in health policy. Students engage in strategies to analyze and inform health policy. The course provides the foundation for leadership in interdisciplinary collaborative endeavors to address, through a nursing perspective, health policy issues at the local and national levels.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.6 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.5 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.1 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.4 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~5
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect the evaluations connected to this course.
Assistant Professor, Connell School of Nursing
4.5 / 5
4.2 / 5
Associate Professor of the Practice, Connell School of Nursing
4.7 / 5
4.4 / 5
Faculty Overload, Connell School of Nursing
4.1 / 5
3.2 / 5
Professor, Connell School of Nursing
4.5 / 5
4.1 / 5
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Connell School of Nursing
4.6 / 5
4.0 / 5
Across time
Available section-level results across semesters.
Spring 2025
3 sectionsFall 2024
1 sectionSpring 2024
2 sectionsFall 2023
1 sectionSpring 2023
1 sectionSpring 2022
1 sectionSummer 2021
2 sectionsSpring 2021
4 sectionsSpring 2020
1 section