Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Policy and Politics for Nurses and Other Health Professionals, Third Edition focuses on the idea that all healthcare providers require a fundamental understanding of the healthcare system including but not limited to knowledge required to practice their discipline. The text discusses how healthcare professionals must also prepare themselves to engage in the economic, political, and policy dimensions of health care.
The Third Edition offers a nursing focus with an interdisciplinary approach intertwined to create an understanding of healthcare practice and policy. The text is enriched through the contributions from nurses and other health professionals including activists, politicians, and economists who comprehend the forces of health care in America and their impact on the everyday provider.
Synopsis
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.
New to the Third Edition:
Case studies which close the gap in understanding how policy and politics impacts health systems
Updated content on the Affordable Care Act
Enhanced Primary Care Roles (new chapter)
Health Information Technology and the Intersection of Health Policy (new chapter)
Political Power of Nurses: Harnessing Our Values & Voices (new chapter)