Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care

Learn how to influence policy and become a leader in today''s changing health care environment! Featuring analysis of cutting-edge healthcare issues and first-person insights, Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care, 9th Edition, continues to be the leading text on nursing action and activism. Approximately 130 expert contributors present a wide range of topics in policy and politics, providing a more comprehensive background than any other policy textbook on the market. This expanded 9th edition helps you develop a global understanding of nursing leadership and political activism, as well as the complex business and financial issues that drive many actions in the health system. Discussions include the latest updates on disparities in health care environments; health equity and policy; including in small island countries; care coordination and community based care; palliative care and hospice; litigation and the courts; safety; climate change, and American and Indian and Alaska native populations. With these innovative insights and strategies, you will be prepared to play a leadership role in the four spheres in which nurses are politically active: the workplace, government, professional organizations, and the community.

• Expert contributors make up a virtual nursing Who''s Who in healthcare policy, sharing information and personal perspectives gained in the crafting of healthcare policy and providing evidence-based content on health policy and its political environs
• Comprehensive coverage of health care policies and politics provides a broader understanding of nursing leadership and political activism, as well as the complex business and financial issues that drive many actions in health systems
• Taking Action essays include personal accounts of how nurses came to be active in politics and what they have accomplished, providing encouragement to fulfill nursing’s role in the determination of healthcare policy and become effective policymakers and advisors
• Discussion questions at the end of chapters help guide the application of the content and reinforce learning

• Covid-related issues woven throughout the text
• Additional content on disparities in health care environments
• Additional content on racism in both the nursing and healthcare environment
• Additional content on reproductive rights policy
• Additional content focused on American Indian and Alaska Native Populations
• Expanded info on the globalization of nursing
• Added information on debate about medical cannabis
• Added information on Policy and Politics in the Community (family and sexual violence, climate change, infectious disease, human trafficking, community activism and serving on boards.)
• Instructor resources (Teach for Nurses and Image Collection)