Policy and politics in nursing and health care

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. INDICE: Introduction to Policy & Politics in Nursing & 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. How I Learned the Ropes of Policy and Politics 5. Taking Action: Advocacyin Nursing and Health Care NEW! 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 Political Success 12. Conflict Management in Health Care: The Tipping Point Arrives Health Care Delivery and Financing 13. The U.S. Health Care System 14. Financing Health Care in the U.S. 15. Could a National Health System Work in the United States? 16. A Primer on Health Economics 17. Reforming Medicare 18. Children's Health Insurance Coverage: Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program 19. The U.S. Military Health System: Policy Challenges in Wartime and Peacetime 20. The Veteran'sAdministration Health System: An Overview of Major Policy Issues 21. The United States' Health Insurance Crisis NEW! 22. Policy Approaches to Address Health Disparities NEW! 23. The Rural Health Care Tundra NEW! 24. Long Term Care Policy Issues 25. Home Health Care: Evolving Policy NEW! 26. Achieving Mental Health Parity 27. Integrative Health: Pathway to Health Reform and a Healthier Nation 28. Nursing's Influence on Drug Development and Safety 29. Chronic Care Policy: Medical Homes and Primary Care NEW! 30. Family Care-giving and Social Policy 31. Retail Health Care Clinics: Filling a Gap in the Health Care SystemNEW! 32. Nurse-Managed Health Centers 33. Community Health Centers: Successful Advocacy for Expanding Health Care Access 34. Taking Action: Setting Health Care in its Social Context, an Interview with Ruth Watson Lubic, EdD, CNM, FAAN 35. Taking Action: Reimbursement Issues for Nurse Anesthetists: A ContinuingChallenge 36. The Role of Foundations in Improving Health Care 37. Social Security: Key to Economic Security 38. The United Kingdom's Health System: Myths and Realities Policy and Politics in Research and Nursing Science 39. Science,Policy, and Politics NEW! 40. Research as a Political and Policy Tool 41. Health Services Research: Translating Research to Policy 42. Policy and Evidence-Based Practice and Policy in Nursing NEW! 43. The Society for Women's Health Research: Using Evidence-Based Policy to Improve Health 44. Using Research to Advance Healthy Social Policies for Children 45. Taking Action: Reefer Madness:The Clash of Science, Politics, and Medical Marijuana 46. Taking Action: The Journey Into The Hallowed Halls Of Politics: How Nurse Practitioners Changed Pennsylvania Policy Policy and Politics in the Workplace and Workforce 47. Policy and Politics in the Contemporary Work Environment 48. Quality and Safety inHealthcare: Policy Issues NEW! 49. The Nursing Workforce 50. Nursing Education Policy: The Unending Debate Over Entry into Practice and the New Debate overDoctoral Degrees NEW! 51. The Politics of Advanced Practice Nursing 52. Global Nurse Migration NEW! 53. Nurse Staffing Ratios: Policy Options NEW! 54. Taking Action: Aligning Care at the Bedside with the C-Suite NEW! 55. Taking Action: When a Hurricane Strikes: The Challenge of Crafting Workplace Disaster Policy 56. Workplace Abuse in Nursing: Policy Strategies NEW! 57. Taking Action: Advocating for Nurses Injured in the Workplace NEW! 58. Taking Action: Influencing the Workplace by Serving on a Hospital's Board of Directors 59. The Intersection of Technology and Care: Policy Issues 60. Influence of Magnet Recognition on Organization and Workplace Policy 61. Collective Bargaining in Nursing 62. Workplace Advocacy Policy and Politics in the Government 63. Current Issuesin the U.S. Government 64. How Government Works: What You Need to Know to Influence the Process 65. An Overview of Legislation and Regulation 66. Nursing Licensure and Regulation 67. Regulating Industrial Chemicals to Protect the Environment and Human Health 68. Lobbying Policymakers: Individual and CollectiveStrategies 69. Taking Action: An Insider's View of Lobbying 70. Political Appointments 71. Taking Action: Influencing Policy as a Member of the San Francisco Health Commission NEW! 72. Nursing and the Courts 73. The American Voter and the Electoral Process 74. Taking Action: Anatomy of a Political Campaign 75.Taking Action: Nurses for Obama: My Advocacy and Experience on the Campaign Trail NEW! 76. Is There a Nurse in the House? The Nurses in the U.S. Congress 77. Taking Action: Nurse, Educator, and Legislator: My Journey to the Delaware General Assembly 78. Taking Action: Into the Rabbit Hole: My Journey to Service on a City Council NEW! 79. Taking Action: Truth or Dare: One Nurse's Political Campaign 80. Political Activity: Different Rules for Government-Employed Nurses Policy and Politics in Associations and Interest Groups 81. Interest Groups in Health Care Policy and Politics 82. Current Issues in Nursing Associations 83. Professional Nursing Associations: Meeting Needs of Nurses and the Profession 84. Taking Action: The Center to Champion Nursing in America: Mobilizing Consumers and Other Stakeholders NEW! 85. Taking Action: The Raise the VoiceCampaign: Nurse-Led Innovations Changing Public Policy NEW! 86. Coalitions: APowerful Political Strategy 87. Taking Action: A Rough Road in Texas: Advanced Practice Nurses Build a Strong Coalition NEW! 88. Taking Action: The National Coalition for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Health NEW! 89. Taking Action: The Nursing Kitchen Cabinet: The Virginia Nursing Coalition NEW! 90. The Politics of the Pharmaceutical Industry Policy and Politics in the Community 91. Where Policy Hits the Pavement: Contemporary Issues In Communities 92. An Introduction to Community Activism 93. Taking Action: From Sewage Problems to the State House: My Life as an Elected Official 94. Taking Action: Community Advocacy in Pennsylvania: How I Worked to Make My Community Healthier NEW! 95. Taking Action: A Nurse Practitioner's Advocacy Efforts in Nevada NEW!96. Taking Action: One Nurse's Fight Against Gang Violence in California NEW!97. Taking Action: The Canary Coalition for Clean Air in NC's Smoky MountainsNEW! 98. Taking Action: The Nightingales Take on Big Tobacco 99. Lactivism: Breastfeeding Advocacy in the United States NEW! 100. Taking Action: PostpartumDepression: The Convergence of Media Coverage and Community Activism to Influence Health Policy 101. Nursing in the International Community: A Broader Viewof Nursing Issues 102. Taking Action: Ugandan Nurses Leading Health Policy Change NEW! 103. Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Disease: A Global Challenge104. Human Trafficking: The Need for Nursing Advocacy NEW! Appendix 1: HealthPolicy Internships and Education

• ISBN: 978-1-4377-1416-6
• Editorial: Saunders
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
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• Fecha Publicación: 22/03/2011
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• Idioma: Inglés