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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1284140393
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1284140392
• Author:  Donna M. Nickitas (Author), Donna J. Middaugh (Author), Veronica Feeg (Author)

Policy and Politics for Nurses and Other Health Professionals: Advocacy and Action, Third Edition reflects a well-honed vision of what nursing and health professionals need to know to both understand and influence health policy. Through their focus on relevant issues, the authors discuss how healthcare professionals can prepare themselves to engage in the economic, political, and policy dimensions of health care. The Third Edition focuses on the most relevant health policy issues while taking an interdisciplinary approach to create an understanding of healthcare practice and policy across interprofessional teams. In addition, global and population health issues such as war, terrorism, disease and natural disasters that impact health professionals are also covered in detail.

Table contents:

Section  I  Introduction

Chapter  1  Nursing’s History of Advocacy and Action

Chapter  2  Policy and Politics Expanded

Chapter  3  A Policy Toolkit for Healthcare Providers and Activists

Section  II  Population Health

Chapter  4  Population Health Care: Access, Cost, and Quality

Chapter  5  Global Health: A Vision for Action

Chapter  6  Mental and Behavioral Health

Section  III  Affordable Care Act: From Enactment to Sustainability

Chapter  7  Affordable Care Act (ACA) Reframed and Uncertain

Chapter  8  Healthcare Quality

Section  IV  Health Financing: Payers, Markets, and Models

Chapter  9  Healthcare Costs: Follow the Money

Chapter  10  Private Health Insurance Market

Chapter  11  Medicare: Protector to Innovator

Chapter  12  Medicaid and the Financing of Care for Vulnerable Populations: A Story of Misconceptions

Chapter  13  Innovation for the Delivery System of the Future: Medical Homes, Accountable Care Organizations and Bundled Payment Initiatives

Section  V  Health Care and Provider and Care Delivery

Chapter  14  Hospitals: Consolidation and Compression

Chapter  15  Enhanced Primary Care Roles for Nurses and Other Professionals

Chapter  16  Physicians: It Is Increasingly About the Team

Chapter  17  Health Information Technology and the Intersection of Health Policy

Chapter  18  Political Power of Nurses: Harnessing Our Values & Voices