Milstead's health policy and politics : a nurse's guide /

Short, Nancy M.

Milstead's health policy and politics : a nurse's guide / Nancy M. Short. - Seventh edition. - Burlington: Jones & Bartlett learning, 2022 - xxiii, 324 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Preceded by Health policy and politics : a nurse's guide / [edited by] Jeri A. Milstead, Nancy Munn Short. Sixth edition. [2019].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Informing public policy : an important role for registered nurses -- News literacy -- Problem identification and agenda setting : what rises to a policymaker's attention? -- Policy analysis and design -- Policy enactment : legislation and politics -- Policy implementation : avoiding policy failure -- Government response : regulation -- Health policy and social program evaluation -- The influence of patient health data on health policy -- Financing health care -- The impact of nurse influence on global health policy -- An insider's guide to engaging in policy activities.

"This text is one of JBL's many health policy books. It is intended for a graduate nursing audience, though it is also applicable for other healthcare professionals and could be used at the undergraduate level. It is a short, compact text with a targeted focus on health policy and the policy process. The author was part of an AACN think tank about how to educate students and her impressions were validated that nursing grad students know little about government much less about policy. This book was written to address that gap, using plain language and real world examples to engage students"--



9781284228519


Legislation, Nursing
Health Policy
Politics
Nurse's Role


United States

362.173 / S5594m