Policy, Power & Politics of Nursing (NURS 307)

Term: 2021-2022 School Year Fall Semester

Faculty

Wendy P Blakely PhDShow MyInfo popup for Wendy P Blakely PhD

Blakely_W@heritage.edu

College of Arts & Sciences Building -- Room 2326

Office Phone: (509) 865-1849 (Internal Extension 2326)

Mobile Phone: (614) 893-9885

Preferred Mode of Contact: Heritage Email for non-urgent issues; Mobile phone for urgent issues that must be addressed within the next 8 hours)

Office Hours for Spring 2024

• In Office:  Mondays - 12N - 2PM; Tuesdays -Thursdays 12 N - 1 PM
  
• Online (Zoom or Phone or Digital Chat):  Wednesdays  7 pm - 9 pm
  
• Other Times -- (In Person or Online) by Appointment:  (Email: Blakely_W@heritage.edu or Call/Text/Voicemail 614-893-9885)
  

First come, 1st served during Monday-Thursday open office hours, but advisees and students in my current classes have priority.

 

Schedule

Tue, 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM (8/23/2021 - 12/10/2021) Location: TO MBYHS 3626

Description

This course is founded on Chinn and Kramer?s emancipatory knowing in nursing and is focused on the professional nurse role in taking responsibility for shaping social policy. Discussion of policy, politics and power in nursing; students will identify barriers to nursing political activism, and explore skills to achieve political competence, learn how to enter points of access for policy development. Students will learn about the roots of activism in nursing, and recognize past and current nurse activists; examine the social justice embedded in professional practices laws, standards, and ethics; how nurses fulfill the American Nurses Association Social Policy Statement; have a social contract with society to fulfill the demands of professional responsibilities through the American Nurses Association Scope and Standards of Practice. Students will study the Washington Code for Nursing (WAC), and how it regulates nursing by licensing; commit to practice according to the American Nurses As