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This course develops the knowledge and skills for nurse leaders to engage with and develop policies that shape health at all levels – from local to global. The course examines policies that structure the US healthcare system, and produce population health outcomes and health inequities, and explores leading approaches for improving these systems, outcomes, and inequities through policy change. The course offers a diverse set of opportunities for nurses to engage in the policy process, analyze policies and advocate for policies that align with the ethical aims of the profession to improve health and health equity. The course also addresses the interconnection of local and global health, and key threats to our collective planetary health, and identifies opportunities for policies to address these threats. The course is grounded in attention to fundamental causes such as structural racism and the social determinants of health, and the principles of human rights and diversity, equity, inclusion and justice. Throughout, the course highlights the importance of and opportunities for nursing leadership in the policy process and in advocacy. Prerequisites: NR.210.607