The only book of its kind, this text offers a wealth of information about the role of all types of APRNs (NPs, CNSs, CNMs, and CRNAs) in influencing the development and application of health care policy in a wide range of specialties.

Table of Contents

• Contributors
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• UNIT I: HEALTH POLICY FROM AN ADVANCED PRACTICE PERSPECTIVE
• 1. Prolific Policy: Implications for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses - Stewart Melissa
• 2. Turning Health Policy Into Practice: Implications for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses - Harris James L.
• 3. Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing's Future: An Impetus for Change - Smolenski Mary C.
• 4. The IOM Report—The Future of Nursing - Orsolini Liana
• 5. Updates on the Implications for Practice: The Consensus Model for APRN Regulation - Goudreau Kelly A.
• 6. Effective State-Level APRN Leadership in Health Policy - Filipovich Christine C.
• 7. State Implementation of the APRN Consensus Model: Progress to Date - Goudreau Kelly A.
• UNIT II: IMPLICATIONS OF HEALTH CARE REFORM AND FINANCE ON APRN PRACTICE
• 8. The Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPACA) - Towers Jan
• 9. AARP Initiatives - Brassard Andrea and Reinhard Susan C.
• 10. Million Hearts® - Orsolini Liana and Smolenski Mary C.
• 11. Value-Based Purchasing and Its Impact on Advanced Practice Nursing - Landin Elizabeth A.
• 12. Funding of APRN Education and Residency Programs - Miyamoto Suzanne
• 13. Implications of Health Care Reform on Independent Practice - Thiem Laura J.
• 14. The Affordable Care Act: Primary Care and the Doctor of Nursing Practice - Lathrop Breanna and Hodnicki Donna R.
• UNIT III: HEALTH POLICY AND SPECIAL POPULATIONS: IMPLICATIONS
• 15. Interface of Policy and Practice in Health Care Reform: What Nurses Can Do to Improve Health Care - Delaney Kathleen R.
• 16. The Aging Population - Duffy Evelyn
• 17. Health Policy Implications for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Related to End-of-Life Care - Lentz Judy
• 18. Health Policy Implications of Genetics and Genomics on Advanced Practice Nursing - Pestka Elizabeth L. and Zanni Karen L.
• 19. Oncology - Brassil Kelly J., Brydges Garry, Abarado Cynthia, and Dains Joyce E.
• UNIT IV: HEALTH POLICY AND ITS IMPACT ON APRN-DRIVEN QUALITY AND RESEARCH
• 20. Moving Toward Accountable Care: A Policy Framework to Transform Health Care Delivery and Reimbursement - Kendig Susan
• 21. A Systemic Approach to Containing Health Care Spending - Emanuel Ezekiel, Tanden Neera, Altman Stuart, Armstrong Scott, Berwick Donald, de Brantes François, Calsyn Maura, Chernew Michael, Colmers John, Cutler David, Daschle Tom, Egerman Paul, Kocher Bob, Milstein Arnold, Oshima Lee Emily, Podesta John D., Reinhardt Uwe, Rosenthal Meredith, Sharfstein Joshua, Shortell Stephen, Stern Andrew, Orszag Peter R., and Spiro Topher
• 22. Connecting Research Priorities, the Research Agenda, and Health Policy - Manning Jennifer M. and Pasek Tracy
• UNIT V: EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN HEALTH POLICY ON NURSING ORGANIZATIONS
• 23. The Coalition for Patients’ Rights—A Coalition That Advocates for Scope-of-Practice Issues - Ray Melinda and Shekleton Maureen
• 24. The American Nurses Association - Summers Lisa and Brassard Andrea
• 25. Policy and the Integration of Advanced Practice Nursing Roles in Canada: Are We Making Progress? - Bryant-Lukosius Denise, Martin-Misener Ruth, Roussel Josette, Carter Nancy, Kilpatrick Kelley, and Brousseau Linda
• 26. The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action - Hassmiller Susan, Reinhard Susan C., and Brassard Andrea
• UNIT VI: THE FUTURE OF APRN PRACTICE AND HEALTH CARE POLICY NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY
• 27. Health Policy for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses: An International Perspective - Schober Madrean M.
• 28. Credentialing Across the Globe: Approaches and Applications - Hughes Frances, Shaffer Franklin A., Yuen-Heung To Dutka Julia, and Coates Catherine
• 29. Advanced Practice Nursing: The Global Perspective - Stewart David, Hughes Frances, Shamian Judith, and Ellen Moriah
• 30. The Future for Nurse Practitioners - Towers Jan
• 31. What the Future Holds for Clinical Nurse Specialist Practice and Health Policy - Horner Sharon D.
• 32. The Certified Nurse-Midwife in Advanced Nursing Practice - Komorowski Janelle
• 33. Health Care Policy and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists: Past, Present, and Future - Zambricki Christine S.
• 34. Advocacy, Policy, and Politics in Action: A Case in Point—Full Scope of Practice Within the VA Health System - Zambricki Christine S.
• Health Policy Acronyms