Health Policy: Application for Nurses and Other Health Care Professionals

Health care providers frequently engage in setting policy agenda at the individual, systems, institutional, or public level. Health Policy: Application for Nurses and Other Health Care Professionals, Second Edition provides an overview of the policy making process within a variety of settings including academia, clinical practice, communities, and various health care systems. By including both policy evaluation and research, the author provides a comprehensive and multi-perspective approach to developing and formulating effective health care policy.

The Second Edition has been updated to include new chapters on the following topic areas: board governance and policy leadership, institutional and organizational and association policy, healthcare systems and global health policy. In addition, the text provides key information on the process of policy search process and offers and expanded policy institute listing.

New to the Second Edition
Updated references
Additional figures, tables and templates
New case studies
Key Point Boxes in each chapter highlight key concepts
Primary source referencing for definitions (Black’s Law Dictionary)

Instructor Resources:
Manual
Transition Guide
Case studies
Test bank
PowerPoint slides