Pacing Guide: C159 Policy, Politics, and Global Health
Pacing Guide: C159 Policy, Politics, and Global Health
Week
Day
1
Topic/Unit in COS
Introduction
Summary of Resources and Activities
1. Read the Introduction Unit in the Course of
Study
2. Explore the Community –
Introduce yourself to classmates in Chatter
“Meet” your course mentors by reviewing Mentor
Introduction page in Group Files
3. Be sure you have access to the E-Texts:
Nickitas, D. M., Middaugh, D. J., & Aries, N. (Eds.).
(2016). Policy and politics for nurses and other health
professionals: Advocacy and action. Sudbury, MA:
Jones and Bartlett. ISBN 978-1-284-05329-6
Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Initiative on the Future of Nursing. (2011). Future of
nursing: Leading change, advancing health.
Washington DC: National Academies Press.
ISBN-10: 0-309-15823-0
4. Briefly review the Task Instructions and
Rubric (in the Assessment tab)
5. Review the Introduction to Task Tips
powerpoint to help you understand the
assessment.
Day 2
Organization and 1. Read through the course materials and articles in this
Financing of
section.
Health Care
2.
Pay particular attention to the following:
1. Understand the goals of the ACA: to improve
quality, increase access to care, decrease
healthcare costs, and ultimately result in better
health outcomes
2. Strive to develop a working knowledge of what
health services are regulated and financed at the
federal level, and which services are funded and
regulated at the state level.
3. Understand the structure of different types of
private (non-governmental) health insurance
plans.4. How do government and private health insurance
plans contribute to meet the ACA goals?
5. Compare and contrast Medicaid and Medicare.
Consider eligibility, benefits, and who pays
Global Health
Day
3
1. What are primary differences between the US Healthcare
system and that of other developed nations?
2. Register for the C159 Cohort to learn about
how to select and develop your policy topic.
Watch the Cohort recording (about 45
minutes).
3. Contact Course Mentors with any questions
about selecting an appropriate topic for your
task.
Conduct a preliminary literature review.
You need to locate a minimum of 2
Nursing Articles that support your
problem/issue and/or your policy idea.
Day 4
Day
5
Begin to draft Part A of your paper (A1-
A1.c)
Be sure to refer to the C159 Rubric Tips to
help guide development of each section
Day
6
Ethical Theories
Applied to
Nurses’ Policy
Positions
Review and understand the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses
with Interpretive Statements
Review and understand the Ethical Principles listed in this
section. Review the nursing ethical principles and
definitions as defined on the handout from the ANA.
Understand how Social Justice influences policy
development
Day 7
Day
8
Select 1 or 2 ethical principles that apply to
your selected policy issue.
Complete Part A of your policy paper
Public
1. Top-down approach
Policymaking
2.
Structures andProcesses in
Healthcare
Be able to describe how a bill becomes a law at both the
state and federal level
Be able to distinguish which health issues are regulated at
the federal level and which are regulated at the state
level
Consider: What is the most appropriate level
for proposing a formal policy (i.e., ordinance,
law, regulation) to impact your selected
health problem or nursing professional issue?
Will you propose your policy at the
city/county level? State level? Federal level?
Bottom-up approach
Understand why a Community-Based Participatory
Approach (CBPR) is considered a Bottom-up approach
Describe how policy change is influenced through a
bottom-up approach
Describe how nurses’ can influence policy change using
both a top-down and a bottom-up approach
Effects of Legal
and Regulatory
Policies
Understand how federal and state legislation impacts
nursing practice.
Understand the role of voluntary organizations/programs
in influencing nursing practice.
Day
9
Identify the decision maker for your top-
down (formal policy) approach to address
your selected topic
Identify an appropriate community group
to collaborate with for a bottom-up
(community-based) approach to address
your selected topic
Day
10
Advocating for
Patients in
Healthcare
Policies
1. Complete the readings and activities in this section of the
course of study
Policy
2. Complete the readings and activities in this section of the
Development and
course of study
ImplementationDays
Using our help document, “C159:
Explaining the Rubric” as a guide,
complete Part B and Part C of your
paper.
11 -13
Day 14
Consider the effectiveness of taking your
policy idea directly to a Decision Maker vs
working with a community group to gain
support for your policy.
Complete Part D of your paper
Days
15 –
16
Finalize your paper, filling in any missing
parts. Be sure to compare each section to
the C159 Rubric Tips to be sure you
addressed all of the required information.
Contact your Course Mentor with any last
minute questions about your paper.
Day
17-21
Submit your paper to TaskStream!!
Allow time for revisions if needed