Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care

by Mason, Diana J.

• ISBN13: 9781416023142
• ISBN10: 1416023143
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-30
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SAUNDERS PUBLISHING

Summary

The powerhouse author team of Diana J. Mason, Judith K. Leavitt, and Mary W. Chaffee has put together a textbook filled with insights from well-known nurses and policy makers. This new edition combines scholarly analysis and first-hand narratives from the field to ensure a well-rounded understanding of important issues. This resource cultivates the development of valuable skills including conflict management, lobbying, the use of media, and working with communities for change -- essential abilities for any nurse assuming a leadership role in today's changing health care environment. Solid breadth and depth of content covers both policy and politics. Contributors include many leading nurse experts in policy and politics. A diverse mix of styles, perspectives, and levels of content to appeal to many nursing audiences. Policy Spotlights provide key information on specific policy issues such as complementary therapies, reimbursement, social security, childcare and Medicare issues and options. Updated Policy Spotlights focus on policy issues such as Stem Cell Research, Medical Marijuana, Genetics, and Intimate Partner Violence. Updated Vignettes detail personal experiences, opportunities, and challenges facing a nurse in this career path. New Taking Action sections highlight a policy issue or political strategy and provide nurses with examples of how they can take action. Evidence-Based Practice (research) and its impact on health care policy and politics is integrated where appropriate. New Web Resource boxes include recommended website addresses for students to obtain additional information.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care
Policy & Politics: A Framework for Action	p. 1
Vignette: The Influence of Values on a Policy Agenda: The Quaker Perspective	p. 17
A Historical Perspective on Policy, Politics, and Nursing	p. 21
Learning the Ropes of Policy, Politics, and Advocacy	p. 34
Vignette: Learning to be the Lead Goose: Making the Leap into Policy	p. 47
Vignette: The Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship	p. 52
Vignette: How a Nurse Learned to Advance Geriatric Nursing Issues	p. 58
A Primer on Political Philosophy	p. 63
Policy Development and Analysis: Understanding the Process	p. 75
Political Analysis and Strategies	p. 94
Taking Action: The Nightingales Take on Big Tobacco	p. 109
Communication Skills for Political Success	p. 121
Coalitions: A Powerful Political Strategy	p. 135
Taking Action: Lessons from the Long-Term Care Coalition	p. 145
Harnessing the Power of the Media to Influence Health Policy and Politics	p. 149
Taking Action: Getting Free Media Coverage for Nursing Issues	p. 169
Taking Action: Distributed Campaigns: Using the Internet to Empower Activism	p. 171
Taking Action: Talking the Right Talk about Nursing	p. 177
Taking Action: Changing Poor Portrayals of Nurses in the Media: The Center for Nursing Advocacy	p. 184
Research as a Political and Policy Tool	p. 195
Policyspotlight: From Practice to Policy: Improving Wound Care Outcomes	p. 207
Policyspotlight: Falls and Public Policy: Creating a Blueprint for Change	p. 213
Conflict Management: A Critical Part of Politics	p. 221
Policyspotlight: Alternative Dispute Resolution: A Tool for Managing Conflict Phyllis	p. 227
Health Policy, Politics, and Professional Ethics	p. 243
Health Care Delivery and Financing
The U.S. Health Care System	p. 256
Policyspotlight: The National Health Service in the United Kingdom	p. 274
Policyspotlight: Could a National Health System Work in The United States?	p. 282
Taking Action: Community Health Centers: A Successful Strategy for Improving Health Care Access	p. 287
Policyspotlight: The Politics of Long-Term Care	p. 295
Policyspotlight: Evolving Policy in Home Health Care	p. 304
Policyspotlight: Mental Health Parity: Will it Ever Happen?	p. 311
Policyspotlight: The Department of Defense Tricare Program: Health Care for the U.S. Military	p. 323
Policyspotlight: The U.S. Veterans Administration: Policy Change for the Greater Good in an Integrated Health System	p. 330
Policyspotlight: Successes and Struggles in Complementary Health Care	p. 336
Taking Action: The Role of Foundations in Improving Health Care	p. 344
Vignette: Neonatal Palliative Care: Moving a Vision Forward	p. 350
Policyspotlight: The Politics of the Pharmaceutical Industry	p. 354
A Primer on Health Economics	p. 363
Policyspotlight: Social Security: Key to Economic Security	p. 376
Financing Health Care in the United States	p. 384
Taking Action: Massachusetts' Strategy for Financing Health Care for the Uninsured	p. 408
Policyspotlight: Reforming Medicare	p. 414
Policyspotlight: Interests, Ideology, and Institutional Dynamics in the Creation of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit	p. 421
Policyspotlight: Children's Health Insurance Coverage: Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)	p. 435
Taking Action: Using Private Funds to Improve School Health	p. 444
Policy and Politics in the Workplace
Contemporary Issues in the Health Care Workplace	p. 449
Policyspotlight: How Magnet Status Drives Change in Health Care Institutions	p. 461
Policyspotlight: When a Hurricane Strikes: The Challenge of Crafting Workplace Policy	p. 468
Taking Action: Health Services Research: Shaping Patient Safety Policy	p. 474
Ten Keys to Unlocking Policy Change in the Workplace	p. 482
Vignette: Needlestick Injuries in the Workplace: Implications for Public Policy	p. 486
Taking Action: Transforming Care at the Bedside: Shadyside Hospital's Code Red	p. 497
Taking Action: Family Presence at the Bedside: Changing Hospital Policy	p. 500
The Nursing Workforce: Supply and Demand	p. 509
Policyspotlight: California Nurse Staffing Ratios	p. 518
Policyspotlight: Mandatory Staffing: Australia's Experience	p. 527
Taking Action: Using Technology to Mitigate the Nursing Shortage	p. 540
Policyspotlight: Nurse Staffing Impact on Organizational Outcomes	p. 550
Policyspotlight: Diversity in Nursing: A Long Road Ahead	p. 559
Politics of Advanced Practice Nursing	p. 568
Taking Action: Diminishing Reproductive Choices in New York City: The Demise of the Midwifery Model	p. 574
Policyspotlight: Reimbursement Issues for Nurse Anesthetists: A Continuing Challenge	p. 579
Collective Action in the Workplace: The Role of Unions	p. 589
Taking Action: Non-Union Collective Action in Nursing	p. 601
A Political Minefield: Conducting Nursing Research	p. 607
Policy and Politics in the Government
Contemporary Issues in Government	p. 622
Taking Action: Stem Cell Research in Maryland: A Nurse Legislator's Initiative	p. 646
Policyspotlight: Reefer Madness: The Illogical Politics of Medical Marijuana	p. 653
Policyspotlight: Genetics, Discrimination, and Privacy	p. 662
Policyspotlight: Intimate Partner Violence: A Public Health and Policy Problem	p. 669
How Government Works and What You Need to Know to Influence the Process	p. 676
Taking Action: Political Appointments	p. 690
Vignette: Making the Most of Political Appointments: My Life as a Federal and State Official	p. 699
An Overview of Legislation and Regulation	p. 703
Vignette: From Sewage Problems to the Statehouse: My Life as an Elected Official	p. 716
Vignette: Farmgirl, Nurse, and Legislator: My Journey to the Delaware General Assembly	p. 720
Vignette: A Nurse in Congress	p. 723
Vignette: I Believed I Could Make a Difference	p. 726
Vignette: My Path to Congress	p. 729
Taking Action: Hog-Housed: The Life and Death of Bachelor of Science in Nursing Entry to Practice in North Dakota	p. 731
Policyspotlight: The Politics of Nursing Regulation and Licensure	p. 735
Lobbying Policymakers: Individual and Collective Strategies	p. 747
Vignette: An Insider's View of Lobbying	p. 760
Interest Groups: Powerful Political Catalysts in Health Care	p. 766
Vignette: Extending Your Influence: Serving on the AARP Board	p. 778
The American Voter and Electoral Politics	p. 782
Policyspotlight: Political Activity: Different Rules for Government-Employed Nurses	p. 800
Taking Action: The Power of Political Contributions	p. 805
Taking Action: Anatomy of a Political Campaign	p. 808
Vignette: Truth or Dare: One Nurse's Political Campaign	p. 815
Vignette: There's Nothing Quite Like Campaigning for Office	p. 817
Nursing and the Courts	p. 825
Policy and Politics in Organizations
Contemporary Issues in Nursing Organizations	p. 835
You and Your Professional Nursing Organization	p. 845
Nursing In Action: Policy Initiatives of Specialty Nursing Associations	p. 859
Taking Action: The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses: Establishing and Sustaining Healthy Work Environments	p. 863
Taking Action: The Oncology Nursing Society: Engaging Support for the Nurse Reinvestment Act	p. 866
Taking Action: The American Nephrology Nurses' Association: A Grassroots Initiative to Educate Lawmakers	p. 868
Taking Action: The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses: Reimbursement Policy for Registered Nurse First Assistants	p. 870
Taking Action: The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses: Policy Initiatives to Address Workplace Violence	p. 873
Taking Action: The Emergency Nurses Association: Making the Case for Safe Staffing Systems	p. 875
Taking Action: The National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners: Taking Action on the Epidemic of Childhood Overweight	p. 878
Taking Action: The Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses: Folic Acid Advocacy	p. 881
Taking Action: The National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses: All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Safety Education and Legislation	p. 883
Policy and Politics in the Community
Where Policy Hits the Pavement: Contemporary Issues In Communities	p. 885
Vignette: Homelessness and Health: Creating Lasting Solutions	p. 894
Policyspotlight: Sex, Science, and Policy: Approaches to Adolescent Sexual Health	p. 897
Policyspotlight: The Demise of an Adolescent Sexuality Education Program	p. 901
Policyspotlight: The Politics of Childhood Immunizations	p. 904
Policyspotlight: Wake-up Call: Mobilizing Communities to Improve Health Literacy	p. 913
Policyspotlight: Childcare Policy: A Challenge for the Nation	p. 923
Working with the Community for Change	p. 933
Policyspotlight Regulating Industrial Chemicals to Protect the Environment and Human Health	p. 947
Taking Action: The Condom Lady	p. 955
Taking Action: Influencing the Community by Serving on a Board	p. 959
Nursing in the International Community: A Broader View of Nursing Issues	p. 966
Policyspotlight: Global Migration of Nurses: Managing a Scarce Resource	p. 982
Policyspotlight: Infectious Disease: A Global Health Care Challenge	p. 992
Policyspotlight: The Global HIV/AIDS Crisis: Policy Responses in the Face of Limited Resources	p. 1000
Policyspotlight: Conflict and War: Impact on the Health of Societies	p. 1010
Vignette: International Emergencies: Health Care and Human Rights	p. 1022
Index	p. 1029
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