1. Explain how policy analysis, advocacy, interest groups, lobbyists, and the media play a role in health care and nursing.

2. Explain how values, ethics and politics shape health policy.

As a reminder, students must include at least 2 scholarly sources in each original discussion post and must post a reply to at least 2 classmates’ discussions. The following are examples of scholarly sources:

-Published journal articles, books and other works (encyclopedias & newspapers)

-Official websites ending in .gov, .org, .edu (CDC,NIH,ADA,WHO, HARVARD, FIU,FNU)

Sites such Wikipedia, WebMD, Nursingworld, Allnurses are NOT scholarly sources. Please avoid using these sources as points will be deducted from assignment grade.

*250 words minimum