Policy and Politics in Nursing and Healthcare - Revised Reprint - E-Book

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. 145 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. The revised reprint includes a new appendix with coverage of the new Affordable Care Act. 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.

• Up-to-date coverage on the Affordable Care Act in an Appendix new to the revised reprint.
• 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!

• A new Appendix on the Affordable Care Act, its implementation as of mid-2013, and the implications for nursing, is included in the revised reprint.
• 18 new chapters ensure that you have 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.

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**Unit 1: Introduction to Policy and Politics in Nursing and Health Care
**1. A Framework for Action in Policy and Politics

2. A Historical Perspective on Policy, Politics and Nursing
3. Learning the Ropes of Policy, Politics, and Advocacy
4. TAKING ACTION How I Learned the Ropes of Policy and Politics
5. Advocacy in Nursing and Health Care
6. A Primer on Political Philosophy
7. The Policy Process
8. Political Analysis and Strategies
9. Health Policy, Politics, and Professional Ethics
10. Using the Power of Media to Influence Health Policy and Politics
11. Communications Skills for Success in Policy and Politics
12. Conflict Management in Health Care: The Tipping Point Arrives
    **Unit 2: Health Care Delivery and Financing
    **13. The United States Health Care System
13. Financing Health Care in the United States
14. Could a National Health System Work in the United States?
15. A Primer on Health Economics
16. Reforming Medicare
17. Children's Health Insurance Coverage: Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program
18. The United States Military Health System: Policy Challenges in Wartime and Peacetime
19. The Veteran's Administration Health System: An Overview of Major Policy Issues
20. The Uninsured and Underinsured-On the Cusp of Health Reform
21. Policy Approaches to Address Health Disparities
22. The Rural Health Care Tundra
23. Long-Term Care Policy Issues
24. Home Care and Hospice: Evolving Policy
25. Achieving Mental Health Parity
26. Integrative Health: Pathway to Health Reform and a Healthier Nation
27. Nursing's Influence on Drug Development and Safety
28. Chronic Care Policy: Medical Homes and Primary Care
    **30. Family Caregiving and Social Policy
29. Retail Health Care Clinics: Filling a Gap in the Health Care System
    **32. Nurse-Managed Health Centers
30. Community Health Centers: Successful Advocacy for Expanding Health Care Access
31. TAKING ACTION Setting Health Care in its Social Context
32. TAKING ACTION Reimbursement Issues for Nurse Anesthetists: A Continuing Challenge
33. The Role of Foundations in Improving Health Care
34. Social Security: Key to Economic Security
35. The United Kingdom's Health System: Myths and Realities
    **Unit 3: Policy and Politics in Research and Nursing Science
    
    39. Science, Policy, and Politics
    
    **40. Research as a Political and Policy Tool
36. Health Services Research: Translating Research into Policy
37. Politics and Evidence-Based Practice and Policy
    **43. The Society for Women's Health Research: Using Evidence-Based Policy to Improve Health
38. Using Research to Advance Healthy Social Policies for Children
39. TAKING ACTION Reefer Madness: The Clash of Science, Politics, and Medical Marijuana
40. TAKING ACTION The Journey into the Hallowed Halls of Politics: How Nurse Practitioners Changed Pennsylvania Policy
    **Unit 4: Policy and Politics in the Workplace and Workforce
    **47. Policy and Politics in the Contemporary Work Environment
41. Quality and Safety in Healthcare: Policy Issues
    **49. The Nursing Workforce
42. Nursing Education Policy: The Unending Debate Over Entry into Practice and the New Debate over Doctoral Degrees
43. The Politics of Advanced Practice Nursing
44. Global Nurse Migration
    
    53. Nurse Staffing Ratios: Policy Options
    
    **54. TAKING ACTION Aligning Care at the Bedside with the C-Suite
45. TAKING ACTION When a Hurricane Strikes: The Challenge of Crafting Workplace Policy
46. Workplace Abuse in Nursing: Policy Strategies
47. TAKING ACTION Advocating for Nurses Injured in the Workplace
    **58. TAKING ACTION Influencing the Workplace by Serving on a Hospital's Board of Directors
48. The Intersection of Technology and Health Care: Policy and Practice Implications
49. Influence of Magnet Recognition® on Organization and Workplace Policy
50. Collective Bargaining in Nursing
51. Workplace Advocacy
    **Unit 5: Policy and Politics in the Government
    **63. Contemporary Issues in Government
52. How Government Works: What You Need to Know to Influence the Process
53. An Overview of Legislation and Regulation
54. Nursing Licensure and Regulation
55. Regulating Industrial Chemicals to Protect the Environment and Human Health
56. Lobbying Policymakers: Individual and Collective Strategies
57. TAKING ACTION An Insider's View of Lobbying
58. Political Appointments
59. TAKING ACTION Influencing Policy as a Member of the San Francisco Health Commission
60. Nursing and the Courts
61. The American Voter and the Electoral Process
62. TAKING ACTION Anatomy of a Political Campaign
63. TAKING ACTION Nurses for Obama: My Advocacy and Experience on the Campaign Trail
64. Is There a Nurse in the House? The Nurses in the United States Congress
65. TAKING ACTION Nurse, Educator, and Legislator: My Journey to the Delaware General Assembly
66. TAKING ACTION Into the Rabbit Hole: My Journey to Service on a City Council
67. TAKING ACTION Truth or Dare: One Nurse's Political Campaign
68. Political Activity: Different Rules for Government-Employed Nurses
    **Unit 6: Policy and Politics in Associations and Interest Groups
    **81. Interest Groups in Health Care Policy and Politics
69. Current Issues in Nursing Associations
70. Professional Nursing Associations: Meeting Needs of Nurses and the Profession
71. TAKING ACTION The Center to Champion Nursing in America: Mobilizing Consumers and Other Stakeholders
72. TAKING ACTION The Raise the Voice Campaign: Nurse-Led Innovations Changing Public Policy
    **86. Coalitions: A Powerful Political Strategy
73. TAKING ACTION A Rough Road in Texas: Advanced Practice Nurses Build a Strong Coalition
74. TAKING ACTION The National Coalition for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health
75. TAKING ACT…