NU 412 - Healthcare Policy

• Demonstrate basic knowledge of healthcare policy, finance, and regulatory environments, including local, state, national, and global healthcare trends (AACN V, 1).
• Describe how health care is organized and financed, including the implications of business principles, such as patient and system cost factors (AACN V, 2).
• Compare the benefits and limitations of the major forms of reimbursement on the delivery of health care services (AACN V, 3).
• Examine legislative and regulatory processes relevant to the provision of health care (AACN V, 4).
• Describe state and national statutes, rules, and regulations that authorize and define professional nursing practice (AACN V, 5).
• Examine the roles and responsibilities of the regulatory agencies and their effect on patient care quality, workplace safety, and the scope of nursing and other health professionals’ practice (AACN V, 7).