Policy & politics in nursing and health care

RT 86.5 .P58 2021

8th ed.

St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, 2021

xxiii, 656 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Medical Care - Political Aspects - United States Medical Policy - United States Nurses - Political Activity - United States Nursing - Political Aspects - United States

Unit 1. Introduction to policy and politics in nursing and health care -- . Frameworks for action in policy and politics -- Historical perspective on policy, politics, and nursing -- Advocacy in nursing and health care -- Learning the ropes of policy and politics -- Taking action: Just say yes: learning to move beyond the fear -- A primer on political philosophy -- The policy process -- Political analysis and strategies -- Wanda Montalvo -- Communication and conflict management in health policy -- Research as a political and policy tool -- Using research to advance health and social policies for children -- Using the power of media to influence health policy and politics -- Taking action: billboards and a social media campaign -- Health policy, politics, and professional ethics -- Unit 2. Health care delivery and financing -- Eileen K. Fry-Bowers and Kristi K. Westphalna -- 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: an uncertain future -- The National Association of Hispanic Nurses educating multicultural communities on the patient protection and Affordable Care Act -- 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 -- Taking action: policy advocacy for American IndianAlaska Native children: school nutrition and indigenous food sovereignty -- Taking action: addressing the health needs of immigrantmigrant farmworkers -- The unfulfilled promise of mental health and addiction parity -- Improving LGBTO+ health: nursing policy can make a difference -- Reproductive health policy -- Public and population health: promoting the health of the public -- Taking action: influencing public health in a politically charged environment -- Disaster response and public health emergency preparedness -- Advancing new models of primary care -- Family caregiving and social policy -- Dual eligibles: challenges and innovations in care -- Home care, hospice, and community-based care: evolving policy -- Long-term services and supports policy issues -- The United States military and Veterans Administration health systems: contemporary overview and policy challenges -- Unit 3. Policy and politics in the government -- Margaret Mary Flinter and Mary Blankson -- Contemporary issues in government -- How government works: what you need to know to influence the process -- An overview of legislative and regulatory processes -- Lobbying policymakers: individual and collective strategies -- Political activity: different rules for government employees -- Taking action: reflective musings from a nurse politician -- Taking action: running against the odds: there's a nurse in the assembly -- Political appointments -- Nursing and the courts -- Nursing licensure and regulation -- Taking action: nurse, educator, and legislator: my journey to the Delaware General Assembly and as Lieutenant Governor -- Unit 4. Policy and politics in the workplace and workforce -- Dawn Marie Adams -- Policy and politics in health care organizations -- Taking your place at the table: board appointments and service -- 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 -- Taking action: increasing specialty medical care access in rural communities -- Nurse staffing ratios: policy options -- The contemporary work environment of nursing -- Taking action: racism in the workplace -- Collective strategies for transformation in the workplace -- Political context of advanced practice nursing -- Taking action: never underestimate the power of a personal story -- Taking action: removing APRN regulatory barriers in West Virginia -- Policy and politics in nursing academia -- The intersection of technology and health care: policy and practice implications -- Unit 5. Policy and politics in associations and interest groups -- Danielle Howa Pendergrass -- Interest groups in health care policy and politics -- Taking action: full practice authority: a tale of two states -- Policy issues in nursing associations -- Taking action: school nursing at the intersection of health and education -- Taking action: the alliance of nurses for healthy environments promoting environmental health -- Coalitions: a powerful political strategy -- Taking action: campaign for action -- Taking action: why not Minot? The battle over North Dakota's first smoke-free ordinance -- Unit 6. Policy and politics in the community -- Ruth McDermott-Levy and Katie Huffling -- Where policy hits the pavement: contemporary issues in communities -- An introduction to community activism -- Taking action: contaminated water and elevated blood lead levels in Flint -- Creating a culture of health and working with communities -- Taking action: activism: a community rises -- Taking action: from sewage problems to the statehouse: serving communities -- Family and sexual violence, nursing, and U.S. policy -- Taking action: policy, politics, and advocating for medicinal cannabis use -- Think globally, act locally: nursing and global health -- Infectious disease in a highly connected world: nurses' role to prevent, detect, respond -- Kathryn Laughon and Angela Amar -- Human trafficking: the need for nursing advocacy -- Donna Sabella -- Carey S. Clark -- Jane E. Salvage and Jill F. White -- Catherine M. Dentinger and Amy R. Kolwaite.

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