Submitted by Pamela Gehrke, EdD, RN, Boise State University
This formative assignment guides students through policy analysis in preparation for writing policy analysis papers and briefs. The activity is a formative approach for policy learning whereby students can “try out” their new ways of thinking about policy in a safe, guided way, obtaining critique and multiple perspectives from peers and instructor via discussion boards.
Learning Objectives
1. Explain the policy process and its relevance for health and nursing issues.
2. Summarize theoretical policy approaches and their application to selected policy issues.
3. Draft a policy issue analysis on a selected policy issue relevant to one’s practice and/or Scholarly Project.
4. Examine the contextual impacts of power, ethics, social, cultural, economic, political, and environmental factors on a selected policy issue.
