Policy and Politics in Nursing and Health Care

Description

The first and most sustained resource of its kind, Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care, 7th Edition features analysis of healthcare issues and first-person stories to help you learn how to influence 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 innovative 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.

Key Features

• Taking Action essays include personal accounts of how nurses have participated in politics and what they have accomplished.
• Key points summarize the most relevant lessons in the text.
• 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.
• 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.
• Winner of several American Journal of Nursing "Book of the Year" awards!

New to this Edition

• NEW! Nine new chapters ensure that you have the most up-to-date information on key topics such as ethical dimensions of policy and politics, patient engagement, public health, women's reproductive health, emergency preparedness, new health insurance exchanges, and much more.
• NEW! The latest information and perspectives are provided by nursing leaders who influenced health care reform, including the Affordable Care Act.
• NEW! Online resources are listed for each chapter for further study.
• NEW! Discussion questions at the end of each chapter encourage classroom discussion.

Table of Contents

UNIT I: INTRODUCTION TO POLICY & POLITICS IN NURSING & HEALTH CARE
1. Frameworks for Action in Policy and Politics
2. A Historical Perspective on Policy, Politics and Nursing
3. Advocacy in Nursing and Health Care
4. Learning the Ropes of Policy and Politics
5. TAKING ACTION: How I Learned the Ropes of Policy and Politics
6. A Primer on Political Philosophy
7. The Policy Process
8. Health Policy Brief: Improving Care Transitions
9. Political Analysis And Strategies
10. Communication and Conflict Management in Health Policy
11. Research as a Political and Policy Tool
12. Health Services Research: Translating Research into Policy
13. Using Research to Advance Health and Social Policies for Children
14. Using the Power of the Media to Influence Health Policy
15. Health Policy, Politics, and Professional Ethics

UNIT 2: HEALTH CARE DELIVERY AND FINANCING
16. The Changing United States Health Care System
17. A Primer on Health Economics of Nursing and Health Policy
18. Financing Health Care in the United States
19. The Affordable Care Act: Historical Context and an Introduction to the State of Health Care in the United States
20. Health Insurance Exchanges: Expanding Access to Health Care
21. Patient Engagement and Public Policy: Emerging New Paradigms and Roles
22. Overtreatment as a Patient Safety Issue: How Public Policy Can Prevent It
23. Policy Approaches to Address Health Disparities
24. Achieving Mental Health Parity
25. Breaking the Social Security Glass Ceiling: A Proposal to Modernize Women’s Benefits
26. The Politics of the Pharmaceutical Industry
27. Women’s Reproductive Health Policy
28. Public Health: Promoting the Health of Populations and Communities
29. TAKING ACTION: Blazing a Trail…and the Bumps Along the Way: A Public Health Nurse as a Health Officer
30. The Politics and Policy of Disaster Response and Public Health Emergency Preparedness
31. Chronic Care Policy: Medical Homes and Primary Care
32. Family Caregiving and Social Policy
33. Community Health Centers: Successful Advocacy for Expanding Health Care Access
34. Filling the Gaps: Retail Health Care Clinics and Nurse Managed Health Centers
35. Developing Families
36. Dual Eligibles: Issues and Innovations
37. Home Care and Hospice: Evolving Policy
38. Long Term Services and Supports Policy Issues
39. The United States Military and Veterans Administration Health Systems: Contemporary Overview and Policy Challenges

UNIT 3: POLICY AND POLITICS IN THE GOVERNMENT
40. Contemporary Issues in Government
41. How Government Works: What You Need to Know to Influence the Process
42. Is There a Nurse in the House? The Nurses in the United States Congress
43. An Overview of Legislation and Regulation
44. Lobbying Policymakers: Individual and Collective Strategies
45. TAKING ACTION: An Insider’s View of Lobbying
46. The American Voter and Electoral Process
47. Political Activity: Different Rules for Government-Employed Nurses
48. TAKING ACTION: Anatomy of a Political Campaign
49. TAKING ACTION: Truth or Dare: One Nurse’s Political Campaign
50. Political Appointments
51. TAKING ACTION: Influencing Policy through an Appointment to the San Francisco Health Commission
52. Taking Action: A Nurse in the Board Room
53. Nursing and the Courts
54. Nursing Licensure and Regulation
55. TAKING ACTION: Nurse, Educator, and Legislator: My Journey to the Delaware Senate

UNIT 4: POLICY AND POLITICS IN THE WORKPLACE AND WORKFORCE
56. Policy and Politics in Health Care Organizations
57. TAKING ACTION: Nurse Leaders in the Board Room
58. Quality and Safety in Healthcare: Policy Issues
59. Politics and Evidence-Based Practice and Policy
60. The Nursing Workforce
61. Rural Healthcare: Workforce Challenges and Opportunities
62. Nurse Staffing Ratios: Policy Options
63. The Contemporary Work Environment of Nursing
64. Collective Strategies for Change in the Workplace
65. TAKING ACTION: Advocating for Nurses Injured in the Workplace
66. The Politics of Advanced Practice Nursing
67. TAKING ACTION: Reimbursement Issues for Nurse Anesthetists: A Continuing Challenge
68. TAKING ACTION: Overcoming Barriers to Full APRN Practice, the Idaho Story
69. TAKING ACTION: A Nurse Practitioner’s Advocacy Efforts in Nevada
70. Nursing Education Policy: The Unending Debate Over Entry into Practice and the New Debate over Doctoral Degrees
71. The Intersection of Technology and Health Care: Policy and Practice Implications

UNIT 5: POLICY AND POLITICS IN ASSOCIATIONS AND INTEREST GROUPS
72. Interest Groups in Health Care Policy and Politics
73. Current Issues in Nursing Associations
74. Professional Nursing Associations: Operationalizing Nursing Values
75. Coalitions: A Powerful Political Strategy
76. TAKING ACTION: The Nursing Community Builds a Unified Voice
77. TAKING ACTION: The Nursing Kitchen Cabinet: Policy and Politics in Action Case Example
78. TAKING ACTION: Improving LGBTQ Health: Nursing Policy Can Make a Difference
79. TAKING ACTION: Campaign for Action
80. TAKING ACTION: The Nightingales Take on Big Tobacco

UNIT 6: POLICY AND POLITICS IN THE COMMUNITY
81. Where Policy Hits the Pavement: Contemporary Issues In Communities
82. An Introduction to Community Activism
83. TAKING ACTION: The Canary Coalition for Clean Air in North Carolina's Smokey Mountains and Beyond
84. How Community-Based Organizations are Addressing Nursing’s Role in Transforming Health Care
85. TAKING ACTION: From Sewage Problems to the Statehouse: Serving Communities
86. Family and Sexual Violence: Nursing and US Policy
87. Human Trafficking: The Need for Nursing Advocacy
88. TAKING ACTION: A Champion of Change: For Want of a Hug
89. Lactivism: Breastfeeding Advocacy in the United States
90. TAKING ACTION: Reefer Madness: The Clash of Science, Politics, and Medical Marijuana
91. International Health and Nursing Policy and Politics Today: A Snapshot
92. Infectious Disease: A Global Perspective

Authors

By Diana J. Mason, RN, PhD, FAAN, Rudin Professor, Co-Director of the Center for Health, Media, and Policy, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY ; Deborah B Gardner, RN, PhD, FAAN, FNAP , Executive Director, Hawaii State Center for Nursing Honolulu, Hawaii ; Freida Hopkins Outlaw, PhD, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics Meharry Medical College Director of the Meharry Youth Health and Wellness Center Nashville, Tennessee and Eileen T. O'Grady, Visiting Professor, Pace University Leinhard School of Nursing, New York, New York; Policy Editor, AJNP and NP World News; Private Practice, Certified Nurse Practitioner and Wellness Coach, McLean, Virginia