Nurses making policy : from bedside to boardroom

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Foreword
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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