Policy and Politics in Nursing and Health Care

by Mason, Diana J.; Leavitt, Judith K.; Chaffee, Mary W.

• ISBN13: 9781437714166
• ISBN10: 1437714161
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-08
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Health Science div

Summary

Featuring analysis of healthcare issues and first-person stories, Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care helps you develop skills in influencing policy in today's changing health care environment. Approximately 150 expert contributors present a wide range of topics in policies and politics, providing a more complete background than can be found in any other policy textbook on the market.

Discussions include the latest updates on conflict management, health economics, lobbying, the use of media, and working with communities for change. With these insights and strategies, you'll be prepared to play a leadership role in the four spheres in which nurses are politically active: the workplace, government, professional organizations, and the community.

-Comprehensive coverage of healthcare policies and politics provides a broader understanding of nursing leadership and political activism, as well as complex business and financial issues.

-Expert authors make up a virtual Nursing Who's Who in healthcare policy, sharing information and personal perspectives gained in the crafting of healthcare policy.

-Taking Action essays include personal accounts of how nurses have participated in politics and what they have accomplished.

-Winner of several American Journal of Nursing "Book of the Year" awards!

-18 new chapters ensure that you have knowledge of the most up-to-date information on policy and politics.

-The latest information and perspectives are provided by nursing leaders who influenced health care reform with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Policy & Politics in Nursing & Health Care

A Framework for Action in Policy and Politics

A Historical Perspective on Policy, Politics and Nursing

Learning the Ropes of Policy, Politics, and Advocacy

How I Learned the Ropes of Policy and Politics

Taking Action: Advocacy in Nursing and Health Care NEW!

A Primer on Political Philosophy

The Policy Process

Political Analysis And Strategies

Health Policy, Politics, and Professional Ethics

Media, Policy, and Politics

Communications Skills for Political Success

Conflict Management in Health Care: The Tipping Point Arrives

Health Care Delivery and Financing

The U.S. Health Care System

Financing Health Care in the U.S.

Could a National Health System Work in the United States?

A Primer on Health Economics

Reforming Medicare

Children's Health Insurance Coverage: Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program

The U.S. Military Health System: Policy Challenges in Wartime and Peacetime

The Veteran's Administration Health System: An Overview of Major Policy Issues

The United States' Health Insurance Crisis NEW!

Policy Approaches to Address Health Disparities NEW!

The Rural Health Care Tundra NEW!

Long Term Care Policy Issues

Home Health Care: Evolving Policy NEW!

Achieving Mental Health Parity through Policy and Political Action: A Call to Nursing

Integrative Health: Pathway to Health Reform and a Healthier Nation

Nursing's Influence on Drug Development and Safety

Chronic Care Policy: Medical Homes and Primary Care NEW!

Family Care-giving and Social Policy

Retail Health Care Clinics: Filling a Gap in the Health Care System NEW!

Nurse Managed Centers: Using Data to Increase Access

Community Health Centers: Successful Advocacy for Expanding Health Care Access

Taking Action: Setting Health Care in its Social Context, an Interview with Ruth Watson Lubic, EdD, CNM, FAAN

Reimbursement Issues for Nurse Anesthetists: A Continuing Challenge

The Role of Foundations in Improving Health Care

Social Security: Key to Economic Security

The United Kingdom's Health System: Myths and Realities

Policy and Politics in Research and Nursing Science

Science, Policy, and Politics NEW!

Research as a Political and Policy Tool

Health Services Research: Translating Research to Policy

The Marriage of Evidence-Based Practice and Policy NEW!

The Society for Women's Health Research: Advanced Health Through Science and Advocacy

Using Research to Advance Healthy Social Policies for Children

Taking Action: Reefer Madness: The Clash of Science, Politics, and Medical Marijuana

Taking Action: Translating Research to Action: Using Evidence to Improve Women's Health

Policy and Politics in the Workplace and Workforce

Policy and Politics in the Contemporary Work Environment

Quality and Safety in Healthcare: Policy Issues NEW!

The Nursing Workforc

Nursing Education Policy: The Unending Debate Over Entry into Practice and the New Debate over Doctoral Degrees NEW!

The Politics of Advanced Practice Nursing

Global Nurse Migration NEW!

Nurse Staffing Ratios: Policy Options NEW!

Taking Action: Aligning Care at the Bedside with the C-Suite

Taking Action: When a Hurricane Strikes: The Challenge of Crafting Workplace Disaster Policy

Workplace Abuse in Nursing: Policy Strategies NEW!

Taking Action: Advocating for Nurses Injured in the Workplace NEW!

Taking Action: Influencing the Workplace by Serving on a Hospital's Board of Directors

The Intersection of Technology and Care: Policy Issues

Influence of Magnet Recognition on Organization and Workplace Policy

Collective Bargaining in Nursing

Workplace Advocacy

Policy and Politics in the Government

Current Issues in the U.S. Government

How Government Works: What You Need to Know to Influence the Process

An Overview of Legislation and Regulation

Nursing Licensure and Regulation

Regulating Industrial Chemicals to Protect the Environment and Human Health

Lobbying Policymakers: Individual and Collective Strategies

Taking Action: An Insider's View of Lobbying

Political Appointments

Taking Action: Influencing Policy as a Member of the San Francisco Health Commission

Nursing and the Courts

The American Voter and the Electoral Process

Taking Action: Anatomy of a Political Campaign

Taking Action: Nurses for Obama: My Advocacy and Experience on the Campaign Trail

Is There a Nurse in the House? The Nurses in the U.S. Congress

Taking Action: Nurse, Educator, and Legislator: My Journey to the Delaware General Assembly

Taking Action: Into the Rabbit Hole: My Journey to Service on a City Council

Taking Action: Truth or Dare: One Nurse's Political Campaign

Political Activity: Different Rules for Government-Employed Nurses

Policy and Politics in Associations and Interest Groups

Interest Groups in Health Care Policy and Politics

Current Issues in Nursing Associations

Professional Nursing Associations: Meeting Needs of Nurses and the Profession

Taking Action: The Center to Champion Nursing in America: Mobilizing Consumers and Other Stakeholders

Taking Action: The Raise the Voice Campaign: Nurse-Led Innovations Changing Public Policy NEW!

Coalitions: A Powerful Political Strategy

Taking Action: A Rough Road in Texas: Advanced Practice Nurses Build a Strong Coalition

Taking Action: The National Coalition for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Health

Taking Action: The Nursing Kitchen Cabinet: The Virginia Nursing Coalition

The Politics of the Pharmaceutical Industry

Policy and Politics in the Community

Where Policy Hits the Pavement: Contemporary Issues In Communities

An Introduction to Community Activism

Taking Action: From Sewage Problems to the State House: My Life as an Elected Official

Taking Action: Community Advocacy in Pennsylvania: How I Worked to Make My Community Healthier

Taking Action: A Nurse Practitioner's Advocacy Efforts in Nevada

Taking Action: One Nurse's Fight Against Gang Violence in California

Taking Action: The Canary Coalition for Clean Air in NC's Smoky Mountains

Taking Action: The Nightingales Take on Big Tobacco

Lactivism: Breastfeeding Advocacy in the United States

Taking Action: Postpartum Depression: The Convergence of Media Coverage and Community Activism to Influence Health Policy

Nursing in the International Community: A Broader View of Nursing Issues

Taking Action: Ugandan Nurses Leading Health Policy Change NEW!

Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Disease: A Global Challenge

Human Trafficking: The Need for Nursing Advocacy NEW!

Health Policy Internships and Education

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