Title:
Policy & politics in nursing and health care / [edited by] Diana J. Mason, Deborah B. Gardner, Freida Hopkins Outlaw, Eileen T. O'Grady. Policy and politics in nursing and health care
Policy and politics in nursing and health care Policy and politics in nursing and health care
Main Entry:
Mason, Diana J., 1948- editor.
Gardner, Deborah B., editor.
Outlaw, Freida Hopkins, editor.
O'Grady, Eileen T., 1963- editor.
Publisher:
Elsevier,
Publication Date:
2016.
Publication Place:
St. Louis, Missouri :
ISBN:
9780323241441(pbk.)
0323241441(pbk.)
Subject:
Nurses -- Political activity -- United States.
Nursing -- Political aspects -- United States.
Medical policy -- United States.
Medical care -- Political aspects -- United States.
Nursing.
Public Policy.
Politics.
Delivery of health care.
Edition:
Seventh edition.
Contents:
Frameworks for action in policy and politics / An historical perspective on policy, politics, and nursing / Advocacy in nursing and health care / Learning the ropes of policy and politics / Taking action: how I learned the ropes of policy and politics / A primer on political philosophy / The policy process / Health policy brief: improving care transitions / Political analysis and strategies / Communication and conflict management in health policy / Research as a political and policy tool / Health services research: translating research into policy / Using research to advance health and social policies for children / Using the power of media to influence health policy and politics / Health policy, politics, and professional ethics /
The changing United States health care system / A primer on health economics of nursing and health policy / Financing health care in the United States / The Affordable Care Act: historical context and an introduction to the state of health care in the United States / Health insurance exchanges: expanding access to health care / Patient engagement and public policy: emerging new paradigms and roles / The marinated mind: why overuse is an epidemic and how to reduce it / Policy approaches to address health disparities / Achieving mental health parity / Breaking the Social Security glass ceiling: a proposal to modernize women's benefits / The politics of the pharmaceutical industry / Women's reproductive health policy / Public health: promoting the health of populations and communities / Taking action: blazing a trail ... and the bumps along the way - a public health nurse as a health officer / The politics and policy of disaster response and public health emergency preparedness / Chronic care policy: medical homes and primary care / Family caregiving and social policy / Community health centers: successful advocacy for expanding health care access / Filling the gaps: retail health care clinics and nurse-managed health centers / Developing families / Dual eligibles: issues and innovations / Home care and hospice: evolving policy / Long-term services and supports policy issues / The United States Military and Veterans Administration health systems: contemporary overview and policy challenges /
Contemporary issues in government / How government works: what you need to know to influence the process / Is there a nurse in the house? The nurses in the U.S. Congress / An overview of legislation and regulation / Lobbying policymakers: individual and collective strategies / Taking action: an insider's view of lobbying / The American voter and the electoral process / Political activity: different rules for government-employed nurses / Taking action: anatomy of a political campaign / Taking action: truth or dare: one nurse's political campaign / Political appointments / Taking action: influencing policy through an appointment to the San Francisco Health Commission / Taking action: a nurse in the boardroom / Nursing and the courts / Nursing licensure and regulations / Taking action: nurse, educator, and legislator: my journey to the Delaware General Assembly /
Policy and politics in health care organizations / Taking action: nurse leaders in the boardroom / Quality and safety in health care: policy issues / Politics and evidence-based practice and policy / The nursing workforce / Rural health care: workforce challenges and opportunities / Nurse staffing ratios: policy options / The contemporary work environment of nursing / Collective strategies for change in the workplace / Taking action: advocating for nurses injured in the workplace / The politics of advanced practice nursing / Taking action: reimbursement issues for nurse anesthetists: a continuing challenge / Taking action: overcoming barriers to full APRN practice: the Idaho story / Taking action: a nurse practitioner's activist efforts in Nevada / Nursing education policy: the unending debate over entry into practice and the continuing debate over doctoral degrees / The intersection of technology and health care: policy and practice implications /
Interest groups in health care policy and politics / Current issues in nursing associations / Professional nursing associations: operationalizing nursing values / Coalitions: a powerful political strategy / Taking action: the nursing community builds a unified voice / Taking action: the nursing kitchen cabinet: policy and politics in action / Taking action: improving LGBTQ health: Nursing policy can make a difference / Taking action: campaign for action / Taking action: the Nightingales take on big tobacco /
Where policy hits the pavement: contemporary issues in communities / An introduction to community activism / Taking action: the Canary Coalition for clean air in North Carolina's Smoky Mountains and beyond / How community-based organizations are addressing Nursing's role in transforming health care / Taking action: from sewage problems to the statehouse: serving communities / Family and sexual violence: nursing and U.S. policy / Human trafficking: the need for nursing advocacy / Taking action: a champion of change: for want of a hug / Lactivism: breastfeeding advocacy in the United States / Taking action: reefer madness: the clash of science, politics, and medical marijuana / International health and nursing policy and politics today: a snapshot / Infectious disease: a global perspective /
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