Nurses making policy : from bedside to boardroom / Rebecca M. Patton, Margarete L. Zalon, Ruth Ludwick, editors ; contributors, Sheila A. Abood [and twenty seven others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Patton, Rebecca M., editor.

Zalon, Margarete L., editor.

Ludwick, Ruth, editor.

Abood, Sheila A., contributor.

American Nurses Association.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nursing services--Administration.

Nursing services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (567 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Publishing Company, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Written by those in the know-exceptional nurse leaders in practice, education, and politics-this is a practical, ""how-to"" book written to help advanced students and nurse leaders develop health policy skills to advocate for patients from the bedside to the larger political arena. Co-published with the American Nurses Association (ANA), the book examines the pivotal role of nurses' involvement in health policy and describes the requisite steps for facilitating policy change-from understanding the political system through activating a plan and beyond. It features the voices of a wide variety o

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Special Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Share Nurses Making Policy: From Bedside to Boardroom; Unit I: Making the Case; Chapter 1: Leading the Way in Policy; Objectives; Every Nurse's Role in Policy; Policy Arenas for Nurses; Policy-Making Process; The Policy Journey; Workforce Needs; Nurses at the Forefront of Quality and Safety; Interprofessional Collaboration; Health Care Reform; The Environment and Health; Implications for the Future; Key Concepts; Summary; Learning Activities; E-Resources; References

Chapter 2: Advocating for Nurses and for Health Objectives; Advocacy Definitions; Professional and Societal Expectations of Advocacy; American Nurses Association Code of Ethics; Clinical Practice and Moral Distress-The Reality of Practice Advocacy; Social Justice; Equity; Public Expectation for Advocacy; Competencies Needed to be an Advocate; Arenas for Advocacy; When Advocacy Fails/When Advocacy Succeeds; Advocacy Organizations; Implications for the Future; Key Concepts; Summary; Learning Activities; E-Resources; References; Chapter 3: Navigating the Political System; Objectives

Policy-Making Strategies and Jurisdiction Legislation; Regulations; Executive Opportunities; Judicial Options; Influence of Your Voice and Your Vote; Implications for the Future; Key Concepts; Summary; Learning Activities; E-Resources; References; Unit II: Analyzing Policy; Chapter 4: Identifying a Policy Issue; Objectives; Problem Identification: More than Meets the Eye; Opening a Window: Elements for Success; Tools; Implications for the Future; Key Concepts; Summary; Learning Activities; E-Resources; References; Chapter 5: Harnessing Evidence in the Policy Process; Objectives; Controversy

Challenges in Moving Evidence into Policy Terminology; Every Nurse's Role in Translating Evidence into Policy; Strategies for Dissemination of Evidence; Implications for the Future; Key Concepts; Summary; Learning Activities; E-Resources; References; Chapter 6: Setting the Agenda; Objectives; Agenda Identification; Developing an Agenda; Stakeholders; Focusing the Agenda; Implications for the Future; Key Concepts; Summary; Learning Activities; E-Resources; References; Unit III: Strategizing and Creating Change; Chapter 7: Building Capital: Intellectual, Social, Political, and Financial

Objectives Intellectual Capital; Social Capital; Political Capital; Financial Capital; Implications for the Future; Key Concepts; Summary; Learning Activities; Notes; E-Resources; References; Chapter 8: Changing Organizations, Institutions, and Government; Objectives; Theories of Change; Successful Team Processes in Policy Formulation; Translating Policy into Action and Impact; Facilitators and Barriers to Change and Innovation; Lessons Learned; Confronting Failed Policy and Reenergizing Engagement; Implications for the Future; Key Concepts; Summary; Learning Activities; E-Resources

References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8261-9892-9

OCLC:

897070143