NURS 6050/NURS 5050 Module 2: Legislation (Weeks 3-4)

Learning Objectives

Students will:

Analyze how cost-benefit analysis affects legislative efforts

Analyze legislative intent of bills

Identify proponents and opponents of bills

Analyze legislative process of bills

Advocate policy position for bills

 

 

Due By

Assignment

Week 3, Days 1-2

Read/Watch/Listen to the Learning Resources.

Compose your initial Discussion post.

Week 3, Day 3

Post your initial Discussion post.

Begin to compose your Assignment.

Week 3, Days 4-5

Review peer Discussion posts.

Compose your peer Discussion responses.

Continue to compose your Assignment.

Week 3, Day 6

Post at least two peer Discussion responses on two different days (and not the same day as the initial post).

Week 3, Day 7

Wrap up Discussion.

Week 4, Days 1-6

Continue to compose your Assignment.

Week 4, Day 7

Deadline to submit your Assignment.

 

 

Learning Resources

Required Readings

Milstead, J. A., & Short, N. M. (2019). Health policy and politics: A nurse’s guide (6th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

 

Chapter 3, “Government Response: Legislation” (pp. 37–56)

Chapter 10, “Overview: The Economics and Finance of Health Care” (pp. 180–183 only)

Congress.gov. (n.d.). Retrieved September 20, 2018, from https://www.congress.gov/

 

Taylor, D., Olshansky, E., Fugate-Woods, N., Johnson-Mallard, V., Safriet, B. J., & Hagan, T. (2017). Corrigendum to position statement: Political interference in sexual and reproductive health research and health professional education. Nursing Outlook, 65(2), 346–350.

 

United States House of Representatives. (n.d.). Retrieved September 20, 2018, from https://www.house.gov/

 

United States Senate. (n.d.). Retrieved September 20, 2018, from https://www.senate.gov/

 

United States Senate. (n.d.). Senate organization chart for the 115th Congress. Retrieved September 20, 2018, from https://www.senate.gov/reference/org_chart.htm

 

Document: Legislation Grid Template (Word document) NURS 6050 Policy and Advocacy for Improving Population Health

 

Required Media

Laureate Education (Producer). (2018). Working with Legislators [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.