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Policy and Politics in Nursing and Health Care

ISBN: 9780721670386 | 0721670385
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Elsevier Science Health Science div
Pub. Date: 8/1/1998

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SummaryTable of Contents
A 1998 AJN Book of the Year! Over 100 experts examine policy and politics in nursing within the workplace, government, professional organizations, and the community. Scholarly discussions, combined with personal narratives and case histories, bring an array of topics to life from the legislative and regulatory processes to the organization of health care in the United States. This resource helps readers develop valuable skills such as political and policy analysis, conflict management, lobbying, the use of media, and working with communities for change.
Forewordxxi(2)
Geraldine A. Ferraro
Prefacexxiii(6)
Diana J. Mason
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Judith K. Leavitt
Introductionxxix
Gloria Smith
Unit I POLICY AND POLITICS: A Nursing Perspective3(122)
1 Policy and Politics: A Framework for Action
3(15)
Judith K. Leavitt
Diana J. Mason
2 Feminist Perspectives on Policy and Politics
18(23)
Barbara A. Backer
Donna M. Costello-Nickitas
Diana J. Mason
Angela Barron McBride
Connie Vance
VIGNETTE: FROM BEDSIDE TO BEIJING
29(6)
Linda Tarr-Whelan
VIGNETTE: DANCING WITH THE CHAOS: A GRASSROOTS APPROACH TO TRANSFORMATION AND HEALING IN NURSING
35(6)
Jeanne Anselmo
3 Historical Overview: Policy, Politics, and Nursing
41(18)
Sandra Beth Lewenson
4 Organization and Delivery of Health Care in the United States: The Health Care System That Isn't
59(21)
Janet Heinrich
VIGNETTE: AFFORDABLE LONG-TERM CARE: NURSING MODELS OF CARE DELIVERY
69(4)
Virginia Burggraf
VIGNETTE: DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A HEALTH PROMOTION INITIATIVE
73(7)
Hurdis M. Griffith
5 Health Care Financing
80(45)
Joyce Pulcini
Diane Mahoney
VIGNETTE: ONE NURSE'S PERSPECTIVE ON MANAGED CARE
99(5)
Margaret A. Leonard
CASE STUDY: MOVING A VISION: THE VIETNAM WOMEN'S MEMORIAL
104(21)
Diane Carlson Evans
Unit II POLICY AND POLITICS: Knowing the Process, Using the Power125(136)
6 Policy Development and Analysis
125(14)
Barbara E. Hanley
7 Political Analysis and Strategy
139(21)
Sally S. Cohen
Judith K. Leavitt
Mary Alice Leonhardt
Diana J. Mason
VIGNETTE: NETWORKING
156(4)
Belinda E. Puetz
Linda J. Shinn
8 Dynamics of Public Policy: Community-based Practice Meets Managed Care
160(13)
Julie Sochalsk
Melinda Jenkins
Rosemary L. Auth
9 Conflict Management
173(7)
Alma Yearwood Dixon
10 Coalitions for Action
180(11)
Judith K. Leavitt
Jane B. Pinsky
VIGNETTE: THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TO DEFEND HEALTH CARE: A COLLABORATIVE NURSE-PHYSICIAN EFFORT
188(3)
Betsy Todd
11 Research as Policy/Political Tool
191(17)
Donna Diers
12 The Economics of Health Care
208(15)
Suzanne Moore
Franklin N. Laufer
Mary Beth Conroy
13 The Role of the Media in Influencing Policy: Getting the Message Across
223(18)
Diana J. Mason
Barbara Glickstein
Catherine J. Dodd
VIGNETTE: FREE MEDIA COVERAGE: USING LETTERS (MESSAGES) TO THE EDITOR
234(1)
Catherine J. Dodd
VIGNETTE: EVERY PATIENT DESERVES A NURSE
235(6)
Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez
Marva Wade
14 Ethical Issues: Politics, Power, and Policy
241(20)
Mila Ann Aroskar
CASE STUDY: RATIONING HEALTH CARE: THE OREGON STORY
249(12)
Cecelia Capuzzi
Unit III POLICY AND POLITICS IN THE WORKPLACE261(88)
15 Contemporary Issues in the Workplace: A Glimpse Over the Horizon into the New Age of Health Care
261(19)
Tim Porter-O'Grady
VIGNETTE: THE POLITICS OF CASE MANAGEMENT
274(6)
Toni G. Cesta
16 Strategies for Change in the Workplace
280(9)
Karren Kowalski
17 Communicating and Collaborating for Change in the Workplace
289(5)
Anna Marie Butrie
Hank Nowoholnik
18 Ensuring the Future of Nurses in Clinical Practice: Issues and Strategies for Staff Nurses and Advanced Practice Nurses
294(13)
Beverly L. Malone
David Keepnews
VIGNETTE: ENSURING THE FUTURE OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
303(4)
Andrea Berne
Elaine Gelman
19 Collective Action in the Workplace
307(16)
Mary E. Foley
VIGNETTE: BLOWING THE WHISTLE
317(6)
Terri Havill
20 The Politics of Nursing Research
323(26)
Dorothy Brooten
Linda P. Brown
Susan M. Miovech
CASE STUDY: THE HEALTHY WORK ENVIRONMENT AS CORE TO AN ORGANIZATION'S SUCCESS
332(17)
Joanne M. Disch
Sue M. Towey
Unit IV POLICY AND POLITICS IN GOVERNMENT349(176)
21 Contemporary Issues in Government
349(35)
Mary Wakefield
Deborah B. Gardner
Sharron Guillett
VIGNETTE: IMPACT OF THE NEW WELFARE LAW ON CHILD HEALTH
378(6)
Mary R. Haack
Christine M. Wallin
22 Legislative and Regulatory Processes
384(13)
Sheila Abood
Pamela Mittelstadt
23 Nursing and the Courts
397(8)
Virginia Trotter Betts
David Keepnews
24 Local Government
405(12)
Juanita V. Majewski
Marjory C. O'Brien
25 State Government
417(19)
Terri Gaffney
VIGNETTE: ONE NURSE'S JOURNEY TO BECOMING A POLICYMAKER
426(10)
Judy Biros Robson
26 Federal Government
436(26)
Geraldine Polly Bednash
G. Brockwel Heylin
Anne M. Rhome
VIGNETTE: RISING TO THE TOP: AN INTERVIEW WITH SHEILA BURKE
458(4)
Judith K. Leavitt
27 Political Appointments
462(13)
Betty R. Dickson
VIGNETTE: NURSES AS APPOINTED LEADERS IN STATE GOVERNMENT
471(4)
Mary B. Wachter
28 Political Parties
475(6)
Catherine J. Dodd
Sandra R. Smoley
29 Lobbying Policymakers: Individual and Collective Strategies
481(9)
Rita Wray
Sally S. Cohen
Susan C. Reinhard
30 The American Voter: Political Campaigns and Nursing's Leadership
490(35)
Candy Dato
Patricia Ford-Roegner
VIGNETTE: MANAGING A CAMPAIGN
504(7)
Joanne W. Rains
CASE STUDY: PILGRIM IN POLITICS
511(14)
Eve Franklin
Unit V CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS525(56)
31 Contemporary Issues in Professional Organizations
525(10)
Linda J. Shinn
32 You and Your Professional Organization
535(11)
Betty J. Skaggs
Christine M. deVries
VIGNETTE: TRANSFORMING A NURSING ORGANIZATION TO INFLUENCE PUBLIC POLICY: NATIONAL BLACK NURSES ASSOCIATION
542(4)
C. Alicia Georges
Linda Burnes Bolton
33 Political Action Committees
546(35)
Barbara Thoman Curtis
Barbara Lumpkin
CASE STUDY: NURSING ORGANIZATIONS IN ACTION
555(26)
INTRODUCTION
555(1)
Debra M. Campbell
AMERICAN ASSEMBLY FOR MEN IN NURSING
556(1)
David O. Sprouse
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING
557(2)
Anne M. Rhome
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSES
559(3)
Jerry Williamson
Kae Livsey
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF NURSE-MIDWIVES
562(1)
Karen S. Fennell
AMERICAN NEPHROLOGY NURSES ASSOCIATION
563(2)
Kathleen T. Smith
ASSOCIATION OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC NURSES
565(1)
Elizabeth Bonham
Linda M. Finke
ASSOCIATION OF OPERATING ROOM NURSES
566(2)
Candace L. Romig
NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS
568(1)
Judith S. Dempster
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NURSE MASSAGE THERAPISTS
569(1)
Bonnie Mackey
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC NURSES
570(1)
Nancy E. Mooney
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE SCHOOL NURSE CONSULTANTS
571(2)
Phyllis J. Lewis
Mary Ellen Hatfield
Judith A. Maire
ONCOLOGY NURSING SOCIETY
573(1)
Pamela J. Haylock
Katherine McDermott Blackburn
SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY NURSES AND ASSOCIATES
574(2)
Virginia A. Walter
SOCIETY OF PEDIATRIC NURSES
576(1)
Suzanne Feetham
Barbara Velsor-Friedrich
Sallie Porter
NATIONAL FEDERATION FOR SPECIALTY NURSING ORGANIZATIONS: NURSE IN WASHINGTON INTERNSHIP
577(4)
Kathleen T. Smith
Unit VI POLICY AND POLITICS IN THE COMMUNITY581(100)
34 Contemporary Issues in the Community
581(12)
Janet Gottschalk
Susan Scoville Baker
VIGNETTE: BICYCLING, PUBLIC POLICY, AND HEALTH: THE NURSE AS COMMUNITY ACTIVIST
587(6)
Irene Van Slyke
35 Working with the Community for Change
593(15)
Mary Ann Christopher
Judith L. Miller
Theresa L. Beck
VIGNETTE: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH POLICY: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
602(6)
Lillian H. Mood
36 Policy, Politics, and Foundations
608(11)
Shirley Girouard
Pauline M. Seitz
37 Nursing, Health, And Health Care in the International Community
619(33)
Jane Weaver
VIGNETTE: THE POWER OF LITERACY
633(4)
Jody Glittenberg
VIGNETTE: THE FOURTH WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN: THE ROAD TO BEIJING AND BEYOND
637(3)
Anie Kalayjian
CASE STUDY: THE COMMUNITY AND CHILDBEARING CENTERS
640(12)
Ruth Watson Lubic
Lisa Summers
END CASE STUDIES
652(29)
THE RAINBOW KITCHEN: DEVELOPING A NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER
652(8)
Theresa Chalich
Joyce Penrose White
NURSES, CONSUMERS, ACTIVISTS, AND THE POLITICS OF AIDS
660(21)
Karen A. Ballard
Peter J. Ungvarski
Afterword681(5)
Suzanne Gordon
APPENDIXES686(25)
A Internships in Policy and Politics686(18)
Jeffrey P. O'Donnell
B Political Activity and Government-employed Nurses704(4)
Mary Chaffee
C Nursing's Agenda for Health Care Reform708(3)
Index711

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