Nurses making policy : from bedside to boardroom

✍ Scribed by Margarete L. Zalon; Ruth Ludwick; Rebecca M. Patton;

• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 502
• Edition: Second edition.
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Share Nurses Making Policy: From Bedside to Boardroom, Second Edition
Unit I: Making the Case
Chapter 1: Leading the Way in Policy
Every Nurse’s Role in Policy
Being Political
Policy Making
Policy Journey
Workforce Needs
Nurses at the Forefront of Quality and Safety
Interprofessional Collaboration
Healthcare Reform
The Environment and Health
Implications for the Future
Key Concepts
Summary
Learning Activities
E-Resources
References
Chapter 2: Advocating for Nurses and for Health
Advocacy Definitions
Professional and Societal Expectations for Advocacy
Clinical Practice and Moral Distress—The Reality of Practice Advocacy
Social Justice
Equity
Precautionary Principle
Public Expectation for Advocacy
Competencies Needed to be an Advocate
Arenas for Advocacy
When Advocacy Fails/When Advocacy Succeeds
Advocacy Organizations
Implications for the Future
Key Concepts
Summary
Learning Activities
E-Resources
References
Chapter 3: Navigating the Political System
Understanding the System
The Legislative Process
Strategies for Influencing Policy Making
Opportunities to Influence the Executive Branch of Government
Opportunities to Influence Judicial Actions
Implications for the Future
Key Concepts
Summary
Learning Activities
E-Resources
Note
References
Unit II: Analyzing Policy
Chapter 4: Identifying a Problem and Analyzing a Policy Issue
Problem Identification: More than Meets the Eye
Opening a Window: Elements for Success
Tools for Assessment
Implications for the Future
Key Concepts
Summary
Learning Activities
E-Resources
References
Chapter 5: Harnessing Evidence in the Policy Process
Controversy
Challenges in Moving Evidence into Policy
Terminology
Every Nurse’s Role in Translating Evidence into Policy
Strategies for Dissemination of Evidence
Implications for the Future
Key Concepts
Summary
Learning Activities
E-Resources
References
Chapter 6: Setting the Agenda
Agenda Identification
Developing an Agenda
Stakeholders
Focusing the Agenda
Implications for the Future
Key Concepts
Summary
Learning Activities
E-Resources
References
Unit III: Strategizing and Creating Change
Chapter 7: Building Capital: Intellectual, Social, Political, and Financial
Intellectual Capital
Social Capital
Political Capital
Financial Capital
Implications for the Future
Key Concepts
Summary
Learning Activities
E-Resources
Notes
References
Chapter 8: Changing Organizations, Institutions, and Government
Theories of Change
Successful Team Processes in Policy Formulation
Translating Policy into Action and Impact
Facilitators and Barriers to Change and Innovation
Lessons Learned
Confronting Failed Policy and Re-Energizing Engagement
Implications for the Future
Key Concepts
Summary
Learning Activities
E-Resources
References
Chapter 9: Implementing the Plan
Leadership for Implementing the Plan
Strategies for Implementing the Plan
Assessing Resources
Presentation of the Plan
Creating Narratives
The Work is Never Done
Implications for the Future
Key Concepts
Summary
Learning Activities
E-Resources
References
Chapter 10: Influencing Public Opinion and Health Policy Through Media Engagement
The Media and Health Policy
Messaging and Media Engagement in the Digital World
Tried and True: Guidelines for Working with the Media
Message Delivery
Implications for the Future
Key Concepts
Summary
Learning Activities
E-Resources
References
Chapter 11: Applying a Nursing Lens to Shape Policy
Power to Influence: Politics
The Nursing Lens
Beyond Elected Positions
Serving on Boards
Programs that Reflect the Nursing Lens
Opportunities and Support for a Nursing Lens in Policy
Getting Started
Implications for the Future
Key Concepts
Summary
Learning Activities
E-Resources
References
Unit IV: Judging Worth and Advancing the Cause
Chapter 12: Evaluating Policy: Structures, Processes, and Outcomes
Language of Policy Evaluation
Evaluating Structure, Process, and Outcome
Measuring Change
Existing Data Sources
Accountability and Transparency in Evaluation
Documenting the Impact of Policies Related to Nursing
Determining Sustainability
Outcomes Data as Guides to Next Steps in Policy
Developing Policy Scholarship in Nursing
Implications for the Future
Key Concepts
Summary
Learning Activities
E-Resources
References
Chapter 13: Eliminating Health Inequities Through National and Global Policy
Health Disparities Versus Health Inequities
Social Determinants of Health Inequities
Health Policy: Global and the United States
Implications for the Future
Key Concepts
Summary
Learning Activities
E-Resources
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 14: Valuing Global Realities for Health Policy
Overview of Global Health Issues
Un Development Goals
Global Health Stakeholders
Global Nursing Leadership
Nursing Workforce
Advocating as a Global Citizen
Implications for the Future
Key Concepts
Summary
Learning Activities
E-Resources
References
Chapter 15: Taking Action, Shaping the Future
Nurses’ Critical Role in Advancing Policy
Leadership Strategies to Advance Nursing’s Policy Influence
Policy Roles
Policy Roles in Times of Change and Uncertainty
Implications for the Future
Key Concepts
Summary
Learning Activities
E-Resources
References
Index