MN507 Unit and Module Readings

UNIT 1 / MODULE 1

Textbook Readings

• Chapter 1: “Marching to Lead in Policy”
• Chapter 2: “Advocating for Nursing and for Health”

Library Readings

American Nurses Association. (2015). Code of ethics for nurses with interpretive statements. Silver Spring, MD. 

Fowler, M. (2015). Guide to the code of ethics for nurses with interpretive statements: Development, interpretation, and application (2nd ed.). Silver Spring, MD: American Nurses Association. 

National Academy of Medicine. (2021). The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a path to achieve health equity.

UNIT 2 / MODULE 1

Textbook Readings

• Chapter 3: “Navigating the Political System”
• Chapter 10: “Influencing Public Opinion and Health Policy Through Media Advocacy”

Library Readings

Cusson, R. M., Meehan, C., Bourgault, A., & Kelley, T. (2020). Educating the next generation of nurses to be innovators and change agents. Journal of Professional Nursing, 36(2), 13-19.

Disch, J., & Kingston, M. (2021). Using activism to get nurses on boards. Nursing Administration Quarterly, 45(3), 208-218.

UNIT 3 / MODULE 2

Textbook Readings

• Chapter 7: “Building Capital: Intellectual, Social, Political, and Financial”
• Chapter 5: “Harnessing Evidence in the Policy Process”

Library Readings

Barouni, M., Ahmadian, L., Hossein, S. A., & Mohsenbeigi, E. (2021). Challenges and adverse outcomes of implementing reimbursement mechanisms based on this diagnosis- related group classification system: A systematic review. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 30(3), 260-270.

UNIT 4 / MODULE 2

Textbook Readings

Read Chapter 15: “Taking Action, Shaping the Future”

Library Readings

McLaughlin, D. B. (2021). Medicaid: A leader of healthcare innovation. Healthcare Executive, 36(3), 40-41.

Rambur, B., & Pulcini, J. (2022). Understanding the language of health reform. American Journal of Nursing 122(1), 48-53.

UNIT 5 / MODULE 3

Textbook Readings

Read Chapter 6: “Setting the Agenda”

Library Readings

Benton, D., Ferguson, S., & Gomez del Pulgar, M. (2020). Exploring the influence of the nursing and medical professions on policy and politics. Nursing Management, 27(1), 33-41.

Dorsen, C., Harney, H., & LeDuc, C. (2021). Why should nurses care about the Supreme Court? American Journal of Nursing, 121(12).

Forget, P., Patullo, C., Hill, D., Ambekar, A., Baldacchino, A., Cata J., Chetty, S., Cox, F. J., de Boer, H. D., Dinwoodie, K., Dom, G., Eccleston, C., . . .  Gilbert, S. (2022). System-level policies on appropriate opioid use, a multi-stakeholder consensus. BMC Health Services Research.

Qoronfleh, M. W. (2020). Health is a political choice: Why conduct healthcare research? Value importance and outcomes to policy makers. Life Sciences, Society, and Policy, 16(5), 1-10.

Sparkes, S. P., Campos Rivera, P. A., Jang, H., Marten, R., Rajan, D., Robb, Al., & Shroff, Z. C. (2022). Normalizing the political economy of improving health. Zubin Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 100(4), 276-280. 

Web Readings

Anesthesiologist Group Says Hospitals Can Prevent Fatal Errors Like Vanderbilt's

UNIT 6 / MODULE 3

Textbook Readings

Read Chapter 12: “Evaluating Policy: Structures, Processes, and Outcomes”

Library Readings

Gupta, S. (2021). The role of policy and legislation in mental health care. Journal of Social Psychiatry, 37(2), 230-234.

Henein, M., & Ells, C. (2021). Identifying and classifying tools for health policy ethics review: A systematic search and review. Health Care Analysis, 29,1–20.

Stone, A. (2020). State legislatures are incubators for advocacy advancement. ONS Voice, 35(3), 24-25.

UNIT 7 / MODULE 4

Textbook Readings

• Chapter 9: “Implementing the Plan”
• Chapter 4: “Identifying a Problem and Analyzing a Policy Issue”

Library Readings

Baur, C. (2020). What must health literacy stakeholders do to build a public health and population health agenda? Studies in Health Technology & Informatics, 269, 128-141.

UNIT 8 / MODULE 4

Textbook Readings

Read Chapter 8: “Transforming Policy with Innovation”

Library Readings

Garritty, C., Hamel, C., Hersi, M., Butler, C., Monfaredi, Z., Stevens, A., Nussbaumer-Streit, B., Wei, C, & Moher, D. (2020). Assessing how information is packaged in rapid reviews for policy-makers and other stakeholders: A cross-sectional study. Health Research Policy & Systems, 18(1).

Giannouchos, Y. (2022). Bridging science and policy toward a more responsive health care system beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. American Journal of Public Health, 112(2), 197-198.

UNIT 9 / MODULE 5

Textbook Readings

• Chapter 11: “Applying A Nursing Lens to Shape Policy”
• Chapter 13: “Eliminating Health Inequities Through National and Global Policy”

Library Readings

The ICN Global Nursing Leadership Institute: Integrating the SDGs into leadership and policy development. American Journal of Nursing, 121(12), 54-58.

Spiller, E., Proville, J., Roy, A., & Muller, N.Z. (2021). Mortality risk from PM: A comparison of modeling approaches to identify disparities across racial/ethnic groups in policy outcomes. Environmental Health Perspectives, 129(12), 127004.1-127004.12.

UNIT 10 / MODULE 5

Textbook Readings

Read Chapter 14: “Valuing Global Realities for Health Policy”

Library Readings

Gray, S., Madigan, E. (2021). All nursing is global nursing. American Journal of Nursing, 121(12), 61-63.

LeClair, J., & Potter, T. (2022). Planetary Health Nursing. American Journal Nursing, 122(4), 47-52.

Todd, B. (2023). U.S. Health care remains an outlier among high-income nations. American Journal of Nursing, 123(5), 14-15.

Uzochukwu, B., Onyedinma, C., Okeke, C., Onwujekwe, O., Manzano, A., Ebenso, B., Etiaba, E., Ezuma, N., & Mirzoev, T. (2020). What makes advocacy work? Stakeholders’’ voices and insights from prioritization of maternal and child health programme in Nigeria. BMC Health Services Research.