COURSE DETAIL
NURS:5015 Health Systems, Finance and Economics
Credit hours: 3 per Semester
Cluster: Systems, Leadership, Informatics and Policy, Other
http://catalog.registrar.uiowa.edu/registrar/catalog/nursing/
Course Level: Doctoral Foundational
Course Type: DNP
IPE: No
Course Open to: all
Institution:The University of Iowa
Pre-requisites: NURS:5002 Leadership and Management Essentials or equivalent
Course Description: This course examines global, economic, organizational, legal, political, and technological contexts in which advanced nursing practice occurs. Students acquire knowledge and skills necessary for understanding the evolution of health services organizations, the financing of healthcare, and the relationships among socioeconomic systems influencing healthcare and nursing practice. The impacts of macrosystems on the distribution, acquisition, and use of financial and economic principles in the delivery of healthcare services are analyzed. Course Objectives: Through discussion and completion of assigned activities, the student will be able to: 1. Compare the development of healthcare systems in the United States and other selected countries. 2. Use financial and economic principles to analyze healthcare markets and related cost, access, and quality issues. 3. Analyze social, political, cultural, and economic forces that affect the organization and delivery of healthcare services; 4. Apply financial principles, including cost-benefit analysis, basic budgeting, and cost analysis in planning health service delivery; 5. Utilize complexity science and systems theory in analyzing healthcare, designing, delivering, and evaluating care; 6. Identify the scientific and ethical issues associated with the use of new technologies in healthcare delivery.
Method of Instruction: Asynchronous
Delivery Platform: Canvas
Campus visits required: No
Course Contact: Lin Pierce
email: lin-pierce@uiowa.edu
Tuition: NEXus Common Price
Other considerations: Open to doctoral level students only
Available Seats by Semester for this course:
SUMMER 2019
Section: 0EXW
Instructor: Richard Bogue
Seats: 3
Credits: 3 / Semester
Start Date: 06-10-19
End Date: 08-01-19
SPRING 2020
Section: 0EXW
Instructor:
Seats: 3
Credits: 3 / Semester
Start Date: 01-21-20
End Date: 05-08-20
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SUMMER 2020
Section: 0EXW
Instructor: R. Bogue and D. Huber
Seats: 3
Credits: 3 / Semester
Start Date: 06-15-20
End Date: 08-06-20
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SPRING 2021
Section: 0EXW
Instructor:
Seats: 3
Credits: 3 / Semester
Start Date: 01-25-21
End Date: 05-07-21
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SUMMER 2021
Section: 0EXW
Instructor:
Seats: 3
Credits: 3 / Semester
Start Date: 06-14-21
End Date: 08-05-21
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SUMMER 2022
Section: 0EXW
Instructor:
Seats: 3
Credits: 3 / Semester
Start Date: 06-13-22
End Date: 08-04-22