Policy & politics in nursing and health care. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Policy and politics in nursing and health care
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Diana J. Mason, RN, PhD, FAAN, Rudin Professor of Nursing, Co-Director, Center for Health, Media, & Policy, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, New York, Judith K. Leavitt, RN, MEd, FAAN, Health Policy Consultant, Barnardsville, North Carolina, Mary W. Chaffee, RN, PhD, FAAN, Captain, Nurse Corps, U.S. Navy (Retired) Brewster, Massachusetts.
• Editors: Mason, Diana J, 1948-; Leavitt, Judith K (Judith Kline); Chaffee, Mary W
• Contents: 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; 14. Financing Health Care in the United States; 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 United States Military Health System: Policy Challenges in Wartime and Peacetime; 20. The Veteran’s Administration Health System: An Overview of Major Policy Issues; 21. The Uninsured and Underinsured—On the Cusp of Health Reform ; 22. Policy Approaches to Address Health Disparities ; 23. The Rural Health Care Tundra ; 24. Long-Term Care Policy Issues; 25. Home Care and Hospice: Evolving Policy ; 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 ; 30. Family Caregiving and Social Policy; 31. Retail Health Care Clinics: Filling a Gap in the Health Care System ; 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; 35. TAKING ACTION Reimbursement Issues for Nurse Anesthetists: A Continuing Challenge; 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; Unit 3: Policy and Politics in Research and Nursing Science; 39. Science, Policy, and Politics ; 40. Research as a Political and Policy Tool; 41. Health Services Research: Translating Research into Policy; 42. Politics and Evidence-Based Practice and Policy ; 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; Unit 4: Policy and Politics in the Workplace and Workforce; 47. Policy and Politics in the Contemporary Work Environment; 48. Quality and Safety in Healthcare: Policy Issues ; 49. The Nursing Workforce; 50. Nursing Education Policy: The Unending Debate Over Entry into Practice and the New Debate over Doctoral Degrees ; 51. The Politics of Advanced Practice Nursing; 52. Global Nurse Migration ; 53. Nurse Staffing Ratios: Policy Options ; 54. TAKING ACTION Aligning Care at the Bedside with the C-Suite; 55. TAKING ACTION When a Hurricane Strikes: The Challenge of Crafting Workplace Policy; 56. Workplace Abuse in Nursing: Policy Strategies ; 57. TAKING ACTION Advocating for Nurses Injured in the Workplace ; 58. TAKING ACTION Influencing the Workplace by Serving on a Hospital’s Board of Directors; 59. The Intersection of Technology and Health Care: Policy and Practice Implications; 60. Influence of Magnet Recognition® on Organization and Workplace Policy; 61. Collective Bargaining in Nursing; 62. Workplace Advocacy; Unit 5: Policy and Politics in the Government; 63. Contemporary Issues in 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 Collective Strategies; 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; 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; 76. Is There a Nurse in the House? The Nurses in the United States 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; 79. TAKING ACTION Truth or Dare: One Nurse’s Political Campaign; 80. 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; 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; 85. TAKING ACTION The Raise the Voice Campaign: Nurse-Led Innovations Changing Public Policy ; 86. Coalitions: A Powerful Political Strategy; 87. TAKING ACTION A Rough Road in Texas: Advanced Practice Nurses Build a Strong Coalition; 88. TAKING ACTION The National Coalition for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health; 89. TAKING ACTION The Virginia Nursing Kitchen Cabinet; 90. The Politics of the Pharmaceutical Industry; Unit 7: 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 Statehouse: My Life as an Elected Official; 94. TAKING ACTION Community Advocacy in Pennsylvania: How I Worked to Make My Community Healthier; 95. TAKING ACTION A Nurse Practitioner’s Advocacy Efforts in Nevada; 96. TAKING ACTION One Nurse’s Fight Against Gang Violence in California; 97. TAKING ACTION The Canary Coalition for Clean Air in North Carolina’s Smoky Mountains; 98. TAKING ACTION The Nightingales Take on Big Tobacco; 99. Lactivism: Breastfeeding Advocacy in the United States; 100. TAKING ACTION Postpartum Depression: The Convergence of Media Coverage and Community Activism to Influence Health Policy; 101. Nursing in the International Community: A Broader View of Nursing Issues; 102. TAKING ACTION Ugandan Nurses Leading Health Policy Change ; 103. Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Disease: A Global Challenge; 104. Human Trafficking: The Need for Nursing Advocacy ; Appendix A: The Affordable Care Act: Historical Context and an Introduction to the State of Health Care in the United States NEW!; Appendix B: Health Policy Internships and Fellowships
• Publisher Details: St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier/Saunders
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 362.10973; Nurses -- Political activity -- United States; Nursing -- Political aspects -- United States; Medical policy -- United States; Medical care -- Political aspects -- United States; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare; Medical care -- Political aspects; Medical policy; Nurses -- Political activity; Nursing -- Political aspects; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323244787; 0323244785
• Related ISBNs: 9780323242417; 0323242413
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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