Winner of Sigma's 2023 Capstone International Nursing Book Award
Awarded second place in the 2022 AJN Book of the Year Awards in Nursing Management and Leadership
This completely updated third edition challenges nurses to fulfill their critical role and responsibility to society in advancing health policy by providing them with the tools to achieve their goals. This edition addresses the impact of critical issues including COVID-19, diversity, social determinants of health, and social justice. Challenges faced by nurses in care delivery including the safety, health, and well-being of nurses (e.g., suicide) are explored. Recently issued seminal documents, including the Future of Nursing 2020-2030 report, the American Association of Colleges of Nurses’ “Essentials,” and the World Health Organization’s report on the Health Workforce are highlighted. Emphasis is placed opportunities for nurses to leading and taking action in health policy. Robust discussion of strategies with the use of evidence and real-world examples and stories provide nurses with the foundation to be policy influencers.
This pragmatic text helps nurses acquire an in-depth understanding of the intricacies of policy development and the opportunities to shape policy across the larger healthcare landscape and within their communities. It illuminates the steps, strategies, and competencies needed for health policy advocacy in various settings and also incorporates a Health in All Policies approach. Real world examples of policymaking by frontline nurses are provided. Leadership, ethical, and social justice principles are integrated across chapters, which exemplify policy development from the global scale to the local level.
A completely revised chapter describing the
trajectories of nurse influencers at different career stages illustrates how nurses can be engaged in policy to address new and perennial challenges faced by nurses. A new chapter, “Transforming Policy Through Innovation,” encompasses the most current technologies and opportunities for creative development within healthcare.
To promote learning about policy, abundant examples, learning activities, and exercises are provided. New Policy Challenges/Solutions, Policies on the Scene, and case examples reflect recent changes to the healthcare environment.
A comprehensive Instructor’s Manual also includes strategies for purposeful discourse that facilitate a deeper dive into provocative topics. PowerPoint slides include a faculty version with notes pages to facilitate discussion and a student version.
New to the Third Edition:
Major revisions and updates to each chapter
New chapter: Transforming Policy through Innovation
New lead authors that expand the high standard of content for advanced competencies
New Policy Challenge/Solution and Policy on the Scene features in step with today's healthcare system
The impact of COVID-19 on health policy
Policy implications of key reports impacting health outcomes and nursing
New illustrations, figures, and exhibits to emphasize key events and concepts
Key Features:
Features real-world exemplars from distinguished national and international nursing policy leaders
Illustrates how nurses are leaders across settings in a variety of policy arenas
Discusses policies to address social and economic inequities impacting health
Includes Learning Activities and E-resources designed for meaningful engagement
Patton-Zalon-Ludwick Policy Framework provides a visual guide for the self-assessment of policy competencies
A comprehensive Instructor's Manual and PowerPoint slides are included!
Edited by:
Rebecca M. Patton,
Margarete L. Zalon,
Ruth Ludwick
Imprint: Springer Publishing Co Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 3rd New edition
Dimensions:
Height: 254mm,
Width: 178mm,
Weight: 930g
ISBN: 9780826166456
ISBN 10: 0826166458
Pages: 528
Publication Date: 09 February 2022
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Replaced By: 0826146767
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Contributors Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Unit I: Making the Case Chapter 1. Marching to Lead in Policy Chapter 2. Advocating for Nursing and for Health Chapter 3. Navigating the Political System Unit II: Analyzing Policy Chapter 4. Identifying a Problem and Analyzing a Policy Issue Chapter 5. Harnessing Evidence in the Policy Process Chapter 6. Setting the Agenda Unit III: Strategizing and Creating Change Chapter 7. Building Capital: Intellectual, Social, Political, and Financial Chapter 8. Transforming Policy with Innovation Chapter 9. Implementing the Plan Chapter 10. Influencing Public Opinion and Health Policy Through Media Advocacy Chapter 11. Applying a Nursing Lens to Shape Policy Unit IV: Judging Worth and Advancing the Cause Chapter 12. Evaluating Policy: Structures, Processes, and Outcomes Chapter 13. Eliminating Health Inequities Through National and Global Policy Chapter 14. Valuing Global Realities for Health Policy Chapter 15. Taking Charge of the Future through Action
Rebecca M. Patton, DNP, RN, CNOR, FAAN, is the past, two-term president of the American Nurses Association (ANA; 2006–2010) and holds the inaugural Endowed Perioperative Nursing Chair, Lucy Jo Atkinson Scholar in Perioperative Nursing at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University. Margarete L. Zalon, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, FAAN, is a professor in the Department of Nursing and director of the online master of science in Health Informatics program at the University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania, and an adult health clinical nurse specialist. She is the president of the Nursing Foundation of Pennsylvania. Ruth Ludwick, PhD, RN-BC, APRN-CNS, FAAN, is professor emeritus, Kent State University College of Nursing, and adjunct graduate faculty at Northeast Ohio Medical University.
