Policy, Organization, and Financing of Healthcare

Subdomains

Click on the subdomain titles to examine the range of skills and concepts a student can expect to demonstrate for assessment of this Domain:

• Healthcare Financing
• Healthcare Policy
• Organization of the U.S. Healthcare Delivery System

Healthcare Financing

• The graduate understands how healthcare is financed in the United States.
• The graduate understands the impact fiscal management and financial decisions have on nursing decisions.

Healthcare Policy

• The graduate understands legislative and regulatory processes.
• The graduate understands how local, state, national and international health policies are formulated and how health policy impacts clinical practice and healthcare delivery.

Organization of the U.S. Healthcare Delivery System

• The graduate understands how healthcare is delivered in the United States.
• The graduate understands factors influencing healthcare delivery in the United States.
• The graduate understands the changing role of the nurse in an evolving healthcare delivery system.