Policy & politics in nursing and health care / [edited by] Diana J. Mason, Judith K. Leavitt, Mary W. Chaffee
- Bib ID:
- 4084107
- Format:
- Book
- Edition:
- 5th ed.
- Description:
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- St. Louis, Mo. : Saunders Elsevier, c2007
- xxxv, 1066 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9781416023142
- 1416023143
- Full contents:
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- Unit I. Introduction to policy & politics in nursing & health care
- 1. Policy & politics: a framework for action
- The influence of values on a policy agenda: the quaker perspective
- 2. A historical perspective on policy, politics and nursing
- 3. Learning the ropes of policy, politics and advocacy
- Learning to be the lead goose: Making the leap into policy
- The Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship
- How a nurse learned to advance geriatric nursing issues
- 4. A primer on political philosophy
- 5. Policy development and analysis: Understanding the process
- 6. Political analysis and strategies
- The nightingales take on the big tobacco industry
- 7. Communication skills for political success
- 8. Coalitions: a powerful political strategy
- Lessons from the long-term care coalition
- 9. Harnessing the power of the media to influence health policy and politics
- Getting free media coverage for nursing issues
- Distributed campaigns: using the internet to empower activism
- Talking the right talk about nursing
- Changing poor portrayals of nurses in the media: the center for nursing advocacy
- 10. Research as a political and policy tool
- From practice to policy: improving wound care outcomes
- Falls and public policy: creating a blueprint for change
- 11. Conflict management: a critical part of politics
- Alternative dispute resolution: a tool for managing conflict
- 12. Health policy, politics and professional ethics.
- Unit II. Health care delivery and financing
- 13. The U.S. health care system
- The national health service in the United Kingdom
- Could a national health system work in the United States?
- Community health centers: a successful strategy for improving health care access
- The politics of long-term care
- Evolving policy in home health care
- Mental health parity: will it ever happen?
- The Department of Defense Tricare Program: Health care for the United States military
- The U.S. Veterans administration: policy change for the greater good in an integrated health system
- Successes and struggles in complementary health care
- The role of foundations in improving health care
- Neonatal palliative care: moving a vision forward
- The politics of the pharmaceutical industry
- 14. A primer on health economics
- Social security: key to economic security
- 15. Financing health care in the United States
- Massachusetts' strategy for financing health care for the uninsured
- Reforming Medicare
- Interests, ideology, and institutional dynamics in the creation of the medicare prescription drug benefit
- Children's health insurance coverage: Medicaid and the state children's health insurance program (SCHIP)
- Using private funds to improve school health.
- Unit III. Policy and politics in the workplace
- 16. Contemporary issues in the health care workplace
- How magnet status drives change in health care institutions
- When a hurricane strikes: the challenge of crafting workplace policy
- Health services research: shaping patient safety policy
- 17. Ten keys to unlocking policy change in the workplace
- Needlestick injuries in the workplace: Implications for public policy
- Transforming care at the bedside: Shadyside Hospital's code red
- Family presence at the bedside: changing hospital policy
- 18. The nursing workforce: supply and demand
- California nurse staffing ratios
- Mandatory staffing: Australia's experience
- Using technology to mitigate the nursing shortage
- Nurse staffing impact on organizational outcomes
- Diversity in nursing: a long road ahead
- 19. Politics of advanced practice nursing
- Diminishing reproductive choices in New York City: the demise of the midwifery model
- Reimbursement issues for nurse anesthetists: a continuing challenge
- 20. Collective action in the workplace: the role of unions
- Non-union collective action in nursing
- 21. A political minefield: conducting nursing research.
- Unit IV. Policy and politics in the government
- 22. Contemporary issues in government
- Stem cell research in Maryland: a nurse-legislator's initiative
- Reefer madness: the illogical politics of medical marijuana
- Genetics, discrimination, and privacy
- Intimate partner violence: a public health and policy problem
- 23. How government works and what you need to know to influence the process
- Political appointments
- Making the most of political appointments: my life as a federal and state official
- 24. An overview of legislation and regulation: how the sausage is made
- From sewage problems to the statehouse: my life as an elected official
- Farm-girl, nurse, and legislator: my journey to the delaware general assembly
- A nurse in congress: the honorable lois capps
- I believed I could make a difference: the Honorable Carolyn Mccarthy
- My path to congress: the Honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson
- Hog-housed: the life and death of bsn entry to practice in North Dakota
- The politics of nursing regulation and licensure
- 25. Lobbying policymakers: individual and collective strategies
- An insider's view of lobbying
- 26. Interest groups: powerful political catalysts in health care
- Extending influence: Serving on the AARP board
- 27. The American voter and electoral politics
- Political activity: different rules for government-employed nurses
- The power of political contributions
- Anatomy of a political campaign
- Truth or dare: one nurse's political campaign
- There's nothing quite like campaigning for office
- 28. Nursing and the courts.
- Unit V. Policy and politics in organizations
- 29. Contemporary issues in nursing organizations
- 30. You and your professional nursing organization
- 31. Nursing in action: policy initiatives of specialty nursing associations
- The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses: establishing and sustaining healthy work environments
- The oncology nursing society: Engaging support for the Nurse Reinvestment Act
- The American Nephrology Nurses' Association: a grassroots initiative to educate lawmakers
- The Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses: reimbursement policy for registered nurse first assistants
- The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses: policy initiatives to address workplace violence
- The Emergency Nurses Association: making the case for safe staffing systems
- The National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practitioners: taking action on the epidemic of childhood overweight
- The Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses: folic acid advocacy
- The National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses: all terrain vehicle (ATV) safety education and legislation.
- Unit VI. Policy and politics in the community
- 32. Where policy hits the pavement: contemporary issues in communities
- Homelessness and health: creating lasting solutions
- Sex, science and policy: approaches to adolescent sexual health
- The demise of an adolescent sexuality education program
- The politics of childhood immunizations
- Wake-up call: mobilizing communities to improve health literacy
- Child care policy: a challenge for the nation
- 33. Working with the community for change
- Regulating industrial chemicals to protect the environment and human health
- The condom lady
- Influencing the community by serving on a board
- 34. Nursing in the international community: a broader view of nursing issues
- Global nurse migration: policies for managing a scarce resource
- Infectious disease: a global health care challenge
- The global HIV/AIDS crisis: policy responses in the face of limited resources
- Conflict and war: impact on the health of societies
- International emergencies: health care and human rights.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Policy and politics in nursing and health care
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