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Policy and Politics in Nursing and Health Care

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ISBN-10: 1437714161

ISBN-13: 9781437714166

Edition: 6th 2011

Authors: Diana J. Mason, Judith K. Leavitt, Mary W. Chaffee

List price: $94.95
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Featuring analysis of healthcare issues and first-person stories, Policy and 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…    
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Book details

List price: $94.95
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Publication date: 2/8/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 816
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.2
Language: English

Introduction to Policy & Politics in Nursing & Health Care
A Framework for Action in Policy and Politics
A Historical Perspective on Policy, Politics and Nursing
Learning the Ropes of Policy, Politics, and Advocacy
How I Learned the Ropes of Policy and Politics
Taking Action: Advocacy in Nursing and Health Care NEW!
A Primer on Political Philosophy
The Policy Process
Political Analysis And Strategies
Health Policy, Politics, and Professional Ethics
Media, Policy, and Politics
Communications Skills for Political Success
Conflict Management in Health Care: The Tipping Point Arrives
Health Care Delivery and Financing
The U.S. Health Care System
Financing Health Care in the U.S.
Could a National Health System Work in the United States?
A Primer on Health Economics
Reforming Medicare
Children's Health Insurance Coverage: Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program
The U.S. Military Health System: Policy Challenges in Wartime and Peacetime
The Veteran's Administration Health System: An Overview of Major Policy Issues
The United States' Health Insurance Crisis NEW!
Policy Approaches to Address Health Disparities NEW!
The Rural Health Care Tundra NEW!
Long Term Care Policy Issues
Home Health Care: Evolving Policy NEW!
Achieving Mental Health Parity through Policy and Political Action: A Call to Nursing
Integrative Health: Pathway to Health Reform and a Healthier Nation
Nursing's Influence on Drug Development and Safety
Chronic Care Policy: Medical Homes and Primary Care NEW!
Family Care-giving and Social Policy
Retail Health Care Clinics: Filling a Gap in the Health Care System NEW!
Nurse Managed Centers: Using Data to Increase Access
Community Health Centers: Successful Advocacy for Expanding Health Care Access
Taking Action: Setting Health Care in its Social Context, an Interview with Ruth Watson Lubic, EdD, CNM, FAAN
Reimbursement Issues for Nurse Anesthetists: A Continuing Challenge
The Role of Foundations in Improving Health Care
Social Security: Key to Economic Security
The United Kingdom's Health System: Myths and Realities
Policy and Politics in Research and Nursing Science
Science, Policy, and Politics NEW!
Research as a Political and Policy Tool
Health Services Research: Translating Research to Policy
The Marriage of Evidence-Based Practice and Policy NEW!
The Society for Women's Health Research: Advanced Health Through Science and Advocacy
Using Research to Advance Healthy Social Policies for Children
Taking Action: Reefer Madness: The Clash of Science, Politics, and Medical Marijuana
Taking Action: Translating Research to Action: Using Evidence to Improve Women's Health
Policy and Politics in the Workplace and Workforce
Policy and Politics in the Contemporary Work Environment
Quality and Safety in Healthcare: Policy Issues NEW!
The Nursing Workforc
Nursing Education Policy: The Unending Debate Over Entry into Practice and the New Debate over Doctoral Degrees NEW!
The Politics of Advanced Practice Nursing
Global Nurse Migration NEW!
Nurse Staffing Ratios: Policy Options NEW!
Taking Action: Aligning Care at the Bedside with the C-Suite
Taking Action: When a Hurricane Strikes: The Challenge of Crafting Workplace Disaster Policy
Workplace Abuse in Nursing: Policy Strategies NEW!
Taking Action: Advocating for Nurses Injured in the Workplace NEW!
Taking Action: Influencing the Workplace by Serving on a Hospital's Board of Directors
The Intersection of Technology and Care: Policy Issues
Influence of Magnet Recognition on Organization and Workplace Policy
Collective Bargaining in Nursing
Workplace Advocacy
Policy and Politics in the Government
Current Issues in the U.S. Government
How Government Works: What You Need to Know to Influence the Process
An Overview of Legislation and Regulation
Nursing Licensure and Regulation
Regulating Industrial Chemicals to Protect the Environment and Human Health
Lobbying Policymakers: Individual and Collective Strategies
Taking Action: An Insider's View of Lobbying
Political Appointments
Taking Action: Influencing Policy as a Member of the San Francisco Health Commission
Nursing and the Courts
The American Voter and the Electoral Process
Taking Action: Anatomy of a Political Campaign
Taking Action: Nurses for Obama: My Advocacy and Experience on the Campaign Trail
Is There a Nurse in the House? The Nurses in the U.S. Congress
Taking Action: Nurse, Educator, and Legislator: My Journey to the Delaware General Assembly
Taking Action: Into the Rabbit Hole: My Journey to Service on a City Council
Taking Action: Truth or Dare: One Nurse's Political Campaign
Political Activity: Different Rules for Government-Employed Nurses
Policy and Politics in Associations and Interest Groups
Interest Groups in Health Care Policy and Politics
Current Issues in Nursing Associations
Professional Nursing Associations: Meeting Needs of Nurses and the Profession
Taking Action: The Center to Champion Nursing in America: Mobilizing Consumers and Other Stakeholders
Taking Action: The Raise the Voice Campaign: Nurse-Led Innovations Changing Public Policy NEW!
Coalitions: A Powerful Political Strategy
Taking Action: A Rough Road in Texas: Advanced Practice Nurses Build a Strong Coalition
Taking Action: The National Coalition for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Health
Taking Action: The Nursing Kitchen Cabinet: The Virginia Nursing Coalition
The Politics of the Pharmaceutical Industry
Policy and Politics in the Community
Where Policy Hits the Pavement: Contemporary Issues In Communities
An Introduction to Community Activism
Taking Action: From Sewage Problems to the State House: My Life as an Elected Official
Taking Action: Community Advocacy in Pennsylvania: How I Worked to Make My Community Healthier
Taking Action: A Nurse Practitioner's Advocacy Efforts in Nevada
Taking Action: One Nurse's Fight Against Gang Violence in California
Taking Action: The Canary Coalition for Clean Air in NC's Smoky Mountains
Taking Action: The Nightingales Take on Big Tobacco
Lactivism: Breastfeeding Advocacy in the United States
Taking Action: Postpartum Depression: The Convergence of Media Coverage and Community Activism to Influence Health Policy
Nursing in the International Community: A Broader View of Nursing Issues
Taking Action: Ugandan Nurses Leading Health Policy Change NEW!
Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Disease: A Global Challenge
Human Trafficking: The Need for Nursing Advocacy NEW!
Health Policy Internships and Education