Policy and Politics for Nurses and Other Health Professionals: Advocacy and Action, 4th Edition

By Donna M. Nickitas, Donna J. Middaugh, and Veronica Feeg, this comprehensive guidebook reflects a well-honed vision of what nursing and health professionals need to know to both understand and influence modern health policy.

A Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Approach to Healthcare Policy

The authors take an interdisciplinary approach to create an understanding of healthcare practice and policy across interprofessional teams, focusing on the most relevant health policy issues. This enables healthcare professionals to prepare themselves to engage in the economic, political, and policy dimensions of healthcare.

Revised and Updated to Reflect Essential Shifts in Healthcare

The Fourth Edition has been carefully revised and updated to reflect essential shifts to improve health and public policy, including dramatic improvements in:

• Healthcare cost
• Quality
• Reliability
• Technology around public health and data infrastructure

Global and Population Health Issues Covered in Depth

In addition, the book covers global and population health issues in detail, including:

• War
• Terrorism
• Pandemics
• Disease
• Natural disasters that impact health professionals

Product Details:

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Edition: 4th edition, published on June 4, 2024

Language: English

Format: Paperback

Pages: 400

ISBN-10: 128425769X

ISBN-13: 978-1284257694