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Policy and Politics in Nursing and Health Care, 5e

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This was a required text book for my graduate school nursing class on current issues in nursing. I found this book to be very readable and full of pertinent information. The only potential downside is the fact that this book can easily become outdated due to changes in legislation. Policy and politics are an everchanging front. I highly reccomend this book. It helps the reader understand how we came to this point in healthcare and how we can be most effective in changing the legislative climate. This book was interesting, I found myself reading beyond the assignment.

Extreme amount of excellent information. Some of stories at the end of the chapters were a bit out of date but informative.

Used as school book in masters program. User friendly and a good book to understand the political process.

This book has given me a very good idea of policy and politics and how to go about reforming and changing policy. As a graduate nursing student with a very proactive mindset this has been very helpful in my education and will continue to be a great reference in my parctice.

Nurses, you must read this! Shocking and interesting. Healthcare must be reformed, but how? You decide.

Although I bought this as a required course textbook, I found it full of useful information for any professional nurse. I highly recommend it to all nurses to become more aware of how policy and politics affect our careers and practice.

A must have book for every nurse's library! Policy and Politics in Nursing and Health Care is the most comprehensive book of its kind. From nursing students to doctorally prepared nurses in clinical practice, education, research or administration, this book provides a wealth of information for all nurses. The U.S. health care system is changing at an unprecedented rate. It is important for nurses to be actively engaged in the political process which will determine health care delivery of the future. Policy and Politics in Nursing and Health Care will help nurses to learn about this process as well as how they can have a voice in shaping our health care system in order to provide quality, affordable and accessible health care for those in need.

Colonel (Retired) John S. Murray, PhD, RN, CPNP, CS, FAAN
Director, Nursing Research
Surgical Programs/Emergency Department
Children's Hospital Boston

This is an excellent book for any nurse who wants to learn how health policy is written and what to do to make a difference in your practice. The authors are well educated and have incredible resources. Nurse polititians contribute a great deal to the book. For nurses who choose to get more politically involved than just in the workplace, this book gives the requirements for getting your feet wet in the political arena.

This book should definitely be required for any masters or doctorate nursing program.

Recommended text book for Policy, Ethics and Legal Issue class. Very good book, have also used it as a reference in Nursing Education class. Good information in it.

This was a textbook that was required for school. The information was in the book. It was a required research book for nurse practitioner school.