Health policy and politics : a nurse's guide / edited by Jeri A. Milstead.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Advanced practice nurses and public policy, naturally / Jeri A. Milstead -- Agenda setting / Elizabeth Ann Furlong -- Government response : legislation : politics : playing the game / Janice K. Lanier -- Government response : regulation : parallel and powerful / Jacqueline M. Loversidge -- Policy design / Patricia Smart -- Policy implementation / Marlene Wilken -- Program evaluation / Ardith L. Sudduth -- The impact of the Internet and social networking on healthcare policy information / Ramona Nelson, Elizabeth Barnhill, and Troy Spicer -- Policy nurses advance policy agendas in arenas / Nancy J. Sharp -- Applied healthcare economics and finance for the noneconomics major / Nancy Munn Short -- Global connections / Jeri A. Milstead.

Examine the process of public policymaking, including agenda setting, government response, program response, implementation, and evaluation in this new edition of Health Policy and Politics: A Nurse's Guide. This book: Integrates the Institute of Medicine's (IOM's) Future of Nursing paper; Contains an updated chapter on finance and spending; Includes a new chapter focused on the impact of information technology on policymaking; Incorporates case studies that reflect modern-day problems and settings; Contains the most current information on the politics surrounding the ever-changing field of health policy; Describes how nurses in advanced practice can deliver quality health care by appropriate providers in a cost-effective manner; and explains how health policy affects practicing clinicians and administrators and how they can become politically active.