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Health policy engagement among graduate nursing students in the United States.

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de Cordova, PB; Steck, MBW; Vermeesch, A; Pierre, N; Rankin, A; Ohlendorf, JM; Lawrence, S; Derouin, A
Published in: Nursing forum
January 2019

The aim was to understand how health policy education is currently being delivered in the United States' graduate nursing programs.This exploratory cross-sectional design used an anonymous online survey to target graduate nursing students attending American Association of College of Nursing (AACN) member institutions.Over 75% of the sample (n = 140) reported taking a dedicated health policy course and 71.5% ( n = 131) of the sample responded that a health policy course was required and an equal distribution among master's and doctoral students. There was no significant difference between type of graduate degree sought and the requirement to take a health policy course ( P = 0.37). For students involved in health policy, there was a greater proportion of master's students involved at the state level, than doctorate of nursing practice (DNP) or PhD students ( P = 0.04).Health policy and advocacy education are important aspects of graduate nursing curriculum and have been integrated into curricula. Graduate nursing students at all levels reported that health policy AACN Essential competencies are being included in their program, either as stand-alone health policy courses or integrated health policy learning activities during matriculation.

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Nursing forum

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EISSN

1744-6198

ISSN

0029-6473

Publication Date

January 2019

Volume

54

Issue

1

Start / End Page

38 / 44

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Students, Nursing
  • Policy Making
  • Humans
  • Health Policy
  • Education, Nursing, Graduate
  • Curriculum
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • 4205 Nursing
 

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de Cordova, P. B., Steck, M. B. W., Vermeesch, A., Pierre, N., Rankin, A., Ohlendorf, J. M., … Derouin, A. (2019). Health policy engagement among graduate nursing students in the United States. Nursing Forum, 54(1), 38–44. https://doi.org/10.1111/nuf.12295
Cordova, Pamela B. de, Mary Beth Wilson Steck, Amber Vermeesch, Natacha Pierre, Audra Rankin, Jennifer M. Ohlendorf, Sherry Lawrence, and Anne Derouin. “Health policy engagement among graduate nursing students in the United States.Nursing Forum 54, no. 1 (January 2019): 38–44. https://doi.org/10.1111/nuf.12295.
de Cordova PB, Steck MBW, Vermeesch A, Pierre N, Rankin A, Ohlendorf JM, et al. Health policy engagement among graduate nursing students in the United States. Nursing forum. 2019 Jan;54(1):38–44.
de Cordova, Pamela B., et al. “Health policy engagement among graduate nursing students in the United States.Nursing Forum, vol. 54, no. 1, Jan. 2019, pp. 38–44. Epmc, doi:10.1111/nuf.12295.
de Cordova PB, Steck MBW, Vermeesch A, Pierre N, Rankin A, Ohlendorf JM, Lawrence S, Derouin A. Health policy engagement among graduate nursing students in the United States. Nursing forum. 2019 Jan;54(1):38–44.
Journal cover image

Published In

Nursing forum

DOI

EISSN

1744-6198

ISSN

0029-6473

Publication Date

January 2019

Volume

54

Issue

1

Start / End Page

38 / 44

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Students, Nursing
  • Policy Making
  • Humans
  • Health Policy
  • Education, Nursing, Graduate
  • Curriculum
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • 4205 Nursing