Healthcare in the US and Political Activism in Nursing

After studying , discuss the following:

• Consider the four types of nursing care delivery systems (team, primary, case management, and patient-centered care).
• Which system would you find most satisfying in terms of your practice? Which would you like least? Additionally, consider how organized nursing is involved in political activities designed to strengthen professional nursing and influence health policy.

Read

• Black, B. P. (2023). Professional Nursing Concepts and Challenges (10th ed.). Elsevier.
• Chapter 14: Health Care in the United States
• Chapter 15: Political Activism in Nursing: Communities, Organizations, and Government

Watch

• Johns Hopkins Medicine. (2017, April 8). Minority health disparities | Michelle’s story [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/vlVZKZNXYBA
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2023, January 12). Health equity [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/F8UAanK5WNA
• Gordon, K. (American Nurses Association). (2024, January 11). SYN 95: Nursing is political [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/GC3mZ0QoWeQ
• St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. (2020, February 26). Empowering nurses through shared governance [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/t_DWuFogKzU
• Zielonka, J. (TEDx Talks). (2013, April 29). The beauty of collaboration in healthcare: Juliane Zielonka at TEDxBarcelonaChange [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/pFXQWtS26Q4
• AHealthcareZ – Healthcare Finance Explained. (2021, December 18). Hospital finance explained: billing, insurance payment, prices, revenue, charity care, cost-cutting [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/O1CGDi50Nys
• MelissaBPhD. (2022, January 18). Why nurses should be political: civics 101 [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/53COrlFzeak