title: Using problem-based learning to teach health policy at the DNP level.
abstract: Nursing education recognizes the importance of graduate nurses understanding their roles as advocates, developers, implementers, and evaluators of health policies to impact the delivery of safe, patient-centered care. This article describes the use of problem-based learning as one approach to DNP health policy education. Students select a health problem and an associated health policy and use evidence-based practice, scholarly writing, and health services research to analyze the policy for efficiency, effectiveness, and equity.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliation: Professors, Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama.
authors.forename: Arlene N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Hayne
authors.forename: Sharron P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Schlosser
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*