Revised edition of: Policy & politics in nursing and health care. 5th edition c2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Frameworks for Action in Policy and Politics, -- 2. Historical Perspective on Policy, Politics, and Nursing, / Eileen T. O'Grady / Diana J. Mason / Freida Hopkins Outlaw / Deborah B. Gardner -- 3. Advocacy in Nursing and Health Care, / Patricia D'Antonio / Julie Fairman / Sandra B. Lewenson -- 4. Learning the Ropes of Policy and Politics, / Chad S. Priest -- 5. Taking Action: How I Learned the Ropes of Policy and Politics, / Andréa Sonenberg / Judith K. Leavitt / Wanda Montalvo -- 6. Primer on Political Philosophy, / Chelsea Savage -- 7. Policy Process, / Sally S. Cohen / Beth L. Rodgers -- 8. Health Policy Brief: Improving Care Transitions, / Eileen T. O'Grady -- 9. Political Analysis and Strategies, / Rachel Burton -- 10. Communication and Conflict Management in Health Policy, / Kathleen M. White -- 11. Research as a Political and Policy Tool, / Elizabeth Waetzig / Greg Abell -- 12. Health Services Research: Translating Research into Policy, / Lynn Price -- 13. Using Research to Advance Health and Social Policies for Children, / Patricia W. Stone / Arlene M. Smaldone / Robert J. Lucero / Yoon Jeong Choi -- 14. Using the Power of Media to Influence Health Policy and Politics, / Louise Kahn / Freida Hopkins Outlaw / Sally S. Cohen -- 15. Health Policy, Politics, and Professional Ethics, / Beth Gharrity Gardner / Barbara Glickstein / Diana J. Mason -- 16. Changing United States Health Care System, / Carol R. Taylor / Susan I. Belanger -- 17. Primer on Health Economics of Nursing and Health Policy, / Barbara I.H. Damron / Demetrius Chapman / Freida Hopkins Outlaw -- 18. Financing Health Care in the United States, / Len M. Nichols -- 19. Affordable Care Act: Historical Context and an Introduction to the State of Health Care in the United States, / Joyce A. Pulcini / Mary Ann Hart -- 20. Health Insurance Exchanges: Expanding Access to Health Care, / Andréa Sonenberg / Ellen S. Murray / Ellen-Marie Whelan -- 21. Patient Engagement and Public Policy: Emerging New Paradigms and Roles, / Coral T. Andrews / Deborah B. Gardner -- 22. Marinated Mind: Why Overuse Is an Epidemic and How to Reduce It, / Mary Jo Kreitzer / Jane Clare Joyner -- 23. Policy Approaches to Address Health Disparities, / Rosemary Gibson -- 24. Achieving Mental Health Parity, / Carmen Alvarez / Antonia M. Villarruel -- 25. Breaking the Social Security Glass Ceiling: A Proposal to Modernize Women's Benefits, / Freida Hopkins Outlaw / Patricia K. Bradley / Marie Davis Williams -- 26. Politics of the Pharmaceutical Industry, / Carroll L. Estes / Terry O'Neill / Heidi Hartmann -- 27. Women's Reproductive Health Policy, / Douglas P. Olsen -- 28. Public Health: Promoting the Health of Populations and Communities, / Carol F. Roye -- 29. Taking Action: Blazing a Trail...and the Bumps Along the Way[—]A Public Health Nurse as a Health Officer, / Mary Mincer Hansen -- 30. Politics and Policy of Disaster Response and Public Health Emergency Preparedness, / Gina Miranda-Diaz -- 31. Chronic Care Policy: Medical Homes and Primary Care, / Tener Goodwin Veenema / Clifton P. Thornton / Roberta P. Lavin -- 32. Family Caregiving and Social Policy, / Susan Apold -- 33. Community Health Centers: Successful Advocacy for Expanding Health Care Access, / Karen M. Robinson / Susan C. Reinhard -- 34. Filling the Gaps: Retail Health Care Clinics and Nurse-Managed Health Centers, / Alice Sardell / Carmina Bernardo -- 35. Developing Families, / Tine Hansen-Turton / Jamie M. Ware / Brian Valdez / Sarah Hexem -- 36. Dual Eligibles: Issues and Innovations, / Lisa Summers -- 37. Home Care and Hospice: Evolving Policy, / Susan C. Reinhard -- 38. Long-Term Services and Supports Policy Issues, / Elaine D. Stephens -- 39. United States Military and Veterans Administration Health Systems: Contemporary Overview and Policy Challenges, / Charlene Harrington / Caroline Stephens / Laura M. Wagner -- 40. Contemporary Issues in Government, / John S. Murray -- 41. How Government Works: What You Need to Know to Influence the Process, / Deborah B. Gardner -- 42. Is There a Nurse in the House? The Nurses in the U.S. Congress, / Karrie Cummings Hendrickson / Christine Ceccarelli Schrauf -- 43. Overview of Legislation and Regulation, / C. Christine Delnat -- 44. Lobbying Policymakers: Individual and Collective Strategies, / Nancy Ridenour -- 45. Taking Action: An Insider's View of Lobbying, / Kenya V. Beard -- 46. American Voter and the Electoral Process, / Betty R. Dickson -- 47. Political Activity: Different Rules for Government-Employed Nurses, / Karen O'Connor / Alixandra B. Yanus -- 48. Taking Action: Anatomy of a Political Campaign, / Shanita D. Williams / Josepha E. Burnley -- 49. Taking Action: Truth or Dare: One Nurse's Political Campaign, / Greer Glazer / Charles R. Alexandre / Angela K. Clark -- 50. Political Appointments, / Barbara Hatfield / Brenda Isaac -- 51. Taking Action: Influencing Policy Through an Appointment to the San Francisco Health Commission, / Judith K. Leavitt / Andrea Sonenberg -- 52. Taking Action: A Nurse in the Boardroom, / Catherine M. Waters -- 53. Nursing and the Courts, / Marilyn Waugh Bouldin -- 54. Nursing Licensure and Regulation, / David M. Keepnews / Virginia Trotter Betts -- 55. Taking Action: Nurse, Educator, and Legislator: My Journey to the Delaware General Assembly, / Edie Brous -- 56. Policy and Politics in Health Care Organizations, / Bethany Hall-Long -- 57. Taking Action: Nurse Leaders in the Boardroom, / Sharon Pappas / Karren Kowalski / Erin M. Denholm -- 58. Quality and Safety in Health Care: Policy Issues, / Linda Burnes Bolton / Catherine Alicia Georges / Rita Wray -- 59. Politics and Evidence-Based Practice and Policy, / Linda Hirota Hevenor / Ellen T. Kurtzman / Jean E. Johnson -- 60. Nursing Workforce, / Sean P. Clarke -- 61. Rural Health Care: Workforce Challenges and Opportunities, / Mary Lou Brunell / Angela Ross -- 62. Nurse Staffing Ratios: Policy Options, / Alan Morgan -- 63. Contemporary Work Environment of Nursing, / Joanne Spetz -- 64. Collective Strategies for Change in the Workplace, / Susan R. Lacey / Karen S. Cox / Jeanette Ives Erickson / Victoria L. Rich -- 65. Taking Action: Advocating for Nurses Injured in the Workplace, / Lola M. Fehr -- 66. Politics of Advanced Practice Nursing, / Anne Hudson -- 67. Taking Action: Reimbursement Issues for Nurse Anesthetists: A Continuing Challenge, / Eileen T O'Grady / Loretta C. Ford -- 68. Taking Action: Overcoming Barriers to Full APRN Practice: The Idaho Story, / Frank Purcell -- 69. Taking Action: A Nurse Practitioner's Activist Efforts in Nevada, / Margaret Wainwright Henbest / Sandra Evans / Randall Steven Hudspeth -- 70. Nursing Education Policy: The Unending Debate over Entry into Practice and the Continuing Debate over Doctoral Degrees, / Elena Lopez-Bowlan -- 71. Intersection of Technology and Health Care: Policy and Practice Implications, / Elaine Tagliareni / Beverly Malone -- 72. Interest Groups in Health Care Policy and Politics, / Carol A. Romano -- 73. Current Issues in Nursing Associations, / Joanne R. Warner -- 74. Professional Nursing Associations: Operationalizing Nursing Values, / Glenda Christiaens -- 75. Coalitions: A Powerful Political Strategy, / Pamela J. Haylock -- 76. Taking Action: The Nursing Community Builds a Unified Voice, / Rebecca Bowers-Lanier -- 77. Taking Action: The Nursing Kitchen Cabinet: Policy and Politics in Action, / Suzanne Miyamoto / Lauren Inouye -- 78. Taking Action: Improving LGBTQ Health: Nursing Policy Can Make a Difference, / Judith B. Collins / Rebecca Bowers-Lanier -- 79. Taking Action: Campaign for Action, / Peggy L. Chinn / Michele J. Eliason / David M. Keepnews / Katie Oppenheim -- 80. Taking Action: The Nightingales Take on Big Tobacco, / Susan B. Hassmiller -- 81. Where Policy Hits the Pavement: Contemporary Issues in Communities, / Kelly Buettner-Schmidt / Ruth E. Malone -- 82. Introduction to Community Activism, / Katherine N. Bent -- 83. Taking Action: The Canary Coalition for Clean Air in North Carolina's Smoky Mountains and Beyond, / DeAnne K. Hilfinger Messias / Robin Dawson Estrada -- 84. How Community-Based Organizations Are Addressing Nursing's Role in Transforming Health Care, / Jonathan Bentley / Jean Larson -- 85. Taking Action: From Sewage Problems to the Statehouse: Serving Communities, / Mary Ann Christopher / Ann Campbell -- 86. Family and Sexual Violence: Nursing and U.S. Policy, / Mary L. Behrens -- 87. Human Trafficking: The Need for Nursing Advocacy, / Kathryn Laughon / Angela Frederick Amar -- 88. Taking Action: A Champion of Change: For Want of a Hug, / Barbara Glickstein -- 89. Lactivism: Breastfeeding Advocacy in the United States, / Cora Tomalinas -- 90. Taking Action: Reefer Madness: The Clash of Science, Politics, and Medical Marijuana, / Diane L. Spatz / Elizabeth B. Froh -- 91. International Health and Nursing Policy and Politics Today: A Snapshot, / Mary Lynn Mathre / Bryan Krumm -- 92. Infectious Disease: A Global Perspective, / Judith A. Oulton.