Policy and Politics in Nursing and Health Care

by Mason, Diana J.; Leavitt, Judith K.; Mason, Diana J.; Leavitt, Judith K.

• ISBN13: 9780721670386
• ISBN10: 0721670385
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-08-01
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Health Science div

Summary

A 1998 AJN Book of the Year! Over 100 experts examine policy and politics in nursing within the workplace, government, professional organizations, and the community. Scholarly discussions, combined with personal narratives and case histories, bring an array of topics to life from the legislative and regulatory processes to the organization of health care in the United States. This resource helps readers develop valuable skills such as political and policy analysis, conflict management, lobbying, the use of media, and working with communities for change.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xxi	(2)
Geraldine A. Ferraro
Preface	xxiii	(6)
Diana J. Mason
Judith K. Leavitt
Introduction	xxix
Gloria Smith
Unit I POLICY AND POLITICS: A Nursing Perspective	3	(122)
1 Policy and Politics: A Framework for Action	3	(15)
Judith K. Leavitt
Diana J. Mason
2 Feminist Perspectives on Policy and Politics	18	(23)
Barbara A. Backer
Donna M. Costello-Nickitas
Diana J. Mason
Angela Barron McBride
Connie Vance
VIGNETTE: FROM BEDSIDE TO BEIJING	29	(6)
Linda Tarr-Whelan
VIGNETTE: DANCING WITH THE CHAOS: A GRASSROOTS APPROACH TO TRANSFORMATION AND HEALING IN NURSING	35	(6)
Jeanne Anselmo
3 Historical Overview: Policy, Politics, and Nursing	41	(18)
Sandra Beth Lewenson
4 Organization and Delivery of Health Care in the United States: The Health Care System That Isn't	59	(21)
Janet Heinrich
VIGNETTE: AFFORDABLE LONG-TERM CARE: NURSING MODELS OF CARE DELIVERY	69	(4)
Virginia Burggraf
VIGNETTE: DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A HEALTH PROMOTION INITIATIVE	73	(7)
Hurdis M. Griffith
5 Health Care Financing	80	(45)
Joyce Pulcini
Diane Mahoney
VIGNETTE: ONE NURSE'S PERSPECTIVE ON MANAGED CARE	99	(5)
Margaret A. Leonard
CASE STUDY: MOVING A VISION: THE VIETNAM WOMEN'S MEMORIAL	104	(21)
Diane Carlson Evans
Unit II POLICY AND POLITICS: Knowing the Process, Using the Power	125	(136)
6 Policy Development and Analysis	125	(14)
Barbara E. Hanley
7 Political Analysis and Strategy	139	(21)
Sally S. Cohen
Judith K. Leavitt
Mary Alice Leonhardt
Diana J. Mason
VIGNETTE: NETWORKING	156	(4)
Belinda E. Puetz
Linda J. Shinn
8 Dynamics of Public Policy: Community-based Practice Meets Managed Care	160	(13)
Julie Sochalsk
Melinda Jenkins
Rosemary L. Auth
9 Conflict Management	173	(7)
Alma Yearwood Dixon
10 Coalitions for Action	180	(11)
Judith K. Leavitt
Jane B. Pinsky
VIGNETTE: THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO DEFEND HEALTH CARE: A COLLABORATIVE NURSE-PHYSICIAN EFFORT	188	(3)
Betsy Todd
11 Research as Policy/Political Tool	191	(17)
Donna Diers
12 The Economics of Health Care	208	(15)
Suzanne Moore
Franklin N. Laufer
Mary Beth Conroy
13 The Role of the Media in Influencing Policy: Getting the Message Across	223	(18)
Diana J. Mason
Barbara Glickstein
Catherine J. Dodd
VIGNETTE: FREE MEDIA COVERAGE: USING LETTERS (MESSAGES) TO THE EDITOR	234	(1)
Catherine J. Dodd
VIGNETTE: EVERY PATIENT DESERVES A NURSE	235	(6)
Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez
Marva Wade
14 Ethical Issues: Politics, Power, and Policy	241	(20)
Mila Ann Aroskar
CASE STUDY: RATIONING HEALTH CARE: THE OREGON STORY	249	(12)
Cecelia Capuzzi
Unit III POLICY AND POLITICS IN THE WORKPLACE	261	(88)
15 Contemporary Issues in the Workplace: A Glimpse Over the Horizon into the New Age of Health Care	261	(19)
Tim Porter-O'Grady
VIGNETTE: THE POLITICS OF CASE MANAGEMENT	274	(6)
Toni G. Cesta
16 Strategies for Change in the Workplace	280	(9)
Karren Kowalski
17 Communicating and Collaborating for Change in the Workplace	289	(5)
Anna Marie Butrie
Hank Nowoholnik
18 Ensuring the Future of Nurses in Clinical Practice: Issues and Strategies for Staff Nurses and Advanced Practice Nurses	294	(13)
Beverly L. Malone
David Keepnews
VIGNETTE: ENSURING THE FUTURE OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE	303	(4)
Andrea Berne
Elaine Gelman
19 Collective Action in the Workplace	307	(16)
Mary E. Foley
VIGNETTE: BLOWING THE WHISTLE	317	(6)
Terri Havill
20 The Politics of Nursing Research	323	(26)
Dorothy Brooten
Linda P. Brown
Susan M. Miovech
CASE STUDY: THE HEALTHY WORK ENVIRONMENT AS CORE TO AN ORGANIZATION'S SUCCESS	332	(17)
Joanne M. Disch
Sue M. Towey
Unit IV POLICY AND POLITICS IN GOVERNMENT	349	(176)
21 Contemporary Issues in Government	349	(35)
Mary Wakefield
Deborah B. Gardner
Sharron Guillett
VIGNETTE: IMPACT OF THE NEW WELFARE LAW ON CHILD HEALTH	378	(6)
Mary R. Haack
Christine M. Wallin
22 Legislative and Regulatory Processes	384	(13)
Sheila Abood
Pamela Mittelstadt
23 Nursing and the Courts	397	(8)
Virginia Trotter Betts
David Keepnews
24 Local Government	405	(12)
Juanita V. Majewski
Marjory C. O'Brien
25 State Government	417	(19)
Terri Gaffney
VIGNETTE: ONE NURSE'S JOURNEY TO BECOMING A POLICYMAKER	426	(10)
Judy Biros Robson
26 Federal Government	436	(26)
Geraldine Polly Bednash
G. Brockwel Heylin
Anne M. Rhome
VIGNETTE: RISING TO THE TOP: AN INTERVIEW WITH SHEILA BURKE	458	(4)
Judith K. Leavitt
27 Political Appointments	462	(13)
Betty R. Dickson
VIGNETTE: NURSES AS APPOINTED LEADERS IN STATE GOVERNMENT	471	(4)
Mary B. Wachter
28 Political Parties	475	(6)
Catherine J. Dodd
Sandra R. Smoley
29 Lobbying Policymakers: Individual and Collective Strategies	481	(9)
Rita Wray
Sally S. Cohen
Susan C. Reinhard
30 The American Voter: Political Campaigns and Nursing's Leadership	490	(35)
Candy Dato
Patricia Ford-Roegner
VIGNETTE: MANAGING A CAMPAIGN	504	(7)
Joanne W. Rains
CASE STUDY: PILGRIM IN POLITICS	511	(14)
Eve Franklin
Unit V CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS	525	(56)
31 Contemporary Issues in Professional Organizations	525	(10)
Linda J. Shinn
32 You and Your Professional Organization	535	(11)
Betty J. Skaggs
Christine M. deVries
VIGNETTE: TRANSFORMING A NURSING ORGANIZATION TO INFLUENCE PUBLIC POLICY: NATIONAL BLACK NURSES ASSOCIATION	542	(4)
C. Alicia Georges
Linda Burnes Bolton
33 Political Action Committees	546	(35)
Barbara Thoman Curtis
Barbara Lumpkin
CASE STUDY: NURSING ORGANIZATIONS IN ACTION	555	(26)
INTRODUCTION	555	(1)
Debra M. Campbell
AMERICAN ASSEMBLY FOR MEN IN NURSING	556	(1)
David O. Sprouse
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING	557	(2)
Anne M. Rhome
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSES	559	(3)
Jerry Williamson
Kae Livsey
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF NURSE-MIDWIVES	562	(1)
Karen S. Fennell
AMERICAN NEPHROLOGY NURSES ASSOCIATION	563	(2)
Kathleen T. Smith
ASSOCIATION OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC NURSES	565	(1)
Elizabeth Bonham
Linda M. Finke
ASSOCIATION OF OPERATING ROOM NURSES	566	(2)
Candace L. Romig
NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS	568	(1)
Judith S. Dempster
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NURSE MASSAGE THERAPISTS	569	(1)
Bonnie Mackey
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC NURSES	570	(1)
Nancy E. Mooney
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE SCHOOL NURSE CONSULTANTS	571	(2)
Phyllis J. Lewis
Mary Ellen Hatfield
Judith A. Maire
ONCOLOGY NURSING SOCIETY	573	(1)
Pamela J. Haylock
Katherine McDermott Blackburn
SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY NURSES AND ASSOCIATES	574	(2)
Virginia A. Walter
SOCIETY OF PEDIATRIC NURSES	576	(1)
Suzanne Feetham
Barbara Velsor-Friedrich
Sallie Porter
NATIONAL FEDERATION FOR SPECIALTY NURSING ORGANIZATIONS: NURSE IN WASHINGTON INTERNSHIP	577	(4)
Kathleen T. Smith
Unit VI POLICY AND POLITICS IN THE COMMUNITY	581	(100)
34 Contemporary Issues in the Community	581	(12)
Janet Gottschalk
Susan Scoville Baker
VIGNETTE: BICYCLING, PUBLIC POLICY, AND HEALTH: THE NURSE AS COMMUNITY ACTIVIST	587	(6)
Irene Van Slyke
35 Working with the Community for Change	593	(15)
Mary Ann Christopher
Judith L. Miller
Theresa L. Beck
VIGNETTE: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH POLICY: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE	602	(6)
Lillian H. Mood
36 Policy, Politics, and Foundations	608	(11)
Shirley Girouard
Pauline M. Seitz
37 Nursing, Health, And Health Care in the International Community	619	(33)
Jane Weaver
VIGNETTE: THE POWER OF LITERACY	633	(4)
Jody Glittenberg
VIGNETTE: THE FOURTH WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN: THE ROAD TO BEIJING AND BEYOND	637	(3)
Anie Kalayjian
CASE STUDY: THE COMMUNITY AND CHILDBEARING CENTERS	640	(12)
Ruth Watson Lubic
Lisa Summers
END CASE STUDIES	652	(29)
THE RAINBOW KITCHEN: DEVELOPING A NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER	652	(8)
Theresa Chalich
Joyce Penrose White
NURSES, CONSUMERS, ACTIVISTS, AND THE POLITICS OF AIDS	660	(21)
Karen A. Ballard
Peter J. Ungvarski
Afterword	681	(5)
Suzanne Gordon
APPENDIXES	686	(25)
A Internships in Policy and Politics	686	(18)
Jeffrey P. O'Donnell
B Political Activity and Government-employed Nurses	704	(4)
Mary Chaffee
C Nursing's Agenda for Health Care Reform	708	(3)
Index	711