Policy and Politics for Nurses and Other Health Professionals

Policy and Politics for Nurses and Other Health Professionals
ISBN-10
1449654592
ISBN-13
9781449654597
Series
Policy and Politics for Nurses and Other Health Professionals
Category
Medical
Pages
396
Language
English
Published
2010-10-25
Publisher
Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Authors
Donna M. Nickitas, Donna J. Middaugh, Nancy Aries

Description

Policy and Politics for Nurses and Other Healthcare Professionals: Advocacy and Action provides a nursing focus within an interdisciplinary approach, which intertwines to create an understanding of economics, politics, and policy in relation to health care. Contributors to this text offer future nurses and healthcare providers keen insight about clinical practice and its derivation from regulation, laws, and policies that have roots in public policy and politics. This innovative text also offers practical knowledge on how healthcare professionals can get involved and be proactive in the policy that directly affects their profession and patients. Key pedagogical features include chapter objectives, summaries, examples, boxed articles, case studies, review questions, key terms, photographs, and a tool kit that includes a "skills" section.

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