Advanced Nursing Training in Health Policy: Designing and Implementing a New Program
Open Access
- 1 May 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Policy, politics & nursing practice
- Vol. 6 (2), 99-108
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1527154405276070
Abstract
Although the nursing profession has a growing role in the health policy arena, the rapidly changing health care environment means that clinicians need a sophisticated understanding of health policy. Nurses are assuming leadership roles in advocacy, research, analysis, and policy development, implementation, and evaluation, contributing to a growing need to educate nurses to specialize in health policy research and analysis. This article provides an overview of a new master’s and doctoral educational program specializing in health policy for advanced practice nurses who are culturally diverse and sensitive to issues of diversity. The program, currently in its third year of operation at the University of California San Francisco, School of Nursing, is addressing the gap in nursing education and practice expertise in health policy. The program is supported through funding by the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration, Advanced Nurse Training program.Keywords
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