DNP811 Healthcare System Leadership 2: Professional Ethics and Social Determinants of Health and Healthcare (2 cr.)

Prerequisite(s): DNP810 
This course explores avenues for nurse anesthetists to promote societal well-being as a justice initiative through healthcare policy. The cultural, ethical, political, legal, economic, religious and secular forces affecting policy are examined along with strategies for effecting improvement in the health of the world. This course enables individuals to reflect on their personal ethical stances and to analyze and critique ethical issues related to a variety of contexts and situations.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Distinguish among cultural norms, ethical principles, professional codes, organizational policies, and personal values.
2. Analyze policies and laws impacting the structure and financing of healthcare delivery.
3. Define social determinants of health and describe impacts to local and national communities.
4. Evaluate an ethical decision-making framework that integrates professional standards and personal morals.
5. Analyze the interactions between applicable healthcare law, regulatory standards, and ethical practice.
6. Apply frameworks for administrative decision making, including access to quality care for all members of society.
7. Synthesize an approach for influencing the development, implementation, and evaluation of healthcare policy.
8. Propose health policy change to improve patient care and advance the specialty of nurse anesthesia.
9. Propose strategies to improve patient outcomes and quality of care.
10. Identify examples of effective local, regional, and national strategies for improving systems and policies.