Examining the crucial interrelationship between nursing research and health policy, this book presents examples of specific health care policies that have been influenced, implemented, or changed as a result of nursing research.

Table of Contents

• Contributors
• Foreword - Patrick H. DeLeon, PhD, MPH, JD
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• SECTION I: EMERGING AREAS SHAPING HEALTH POLICY
• 1. Policy Directives, Scientific Challenges, and Patterns - Patricia A. Grady and Ada Sue Hinshaw
• 2. Expanding Areas of Clinical and Basic Sciences - Ann K. Cashion and Joan K. Austin
• 3. Implementation Science - Marita Titler and Clayton Shuman
• 4. Integration of Genomics in Nursing Research - Janet K. Williams
• 5. Team Science: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century - Alma Vega and Mary D. Naylor
• 6. Data Science - Suzanne Bakken
• SECTION II: EXAMPLES OF NURSING SCIENCE SHAPING HEALTH POLICY
• 7. Self-Management of Illness in Teens - Margaret Grey and Kaitlyn Rechenberg
• 8. Self-Management of Illness in Adults - Barbara Riegel, Victoria Vaughan Dickson, and Christopher S. Lee
• 9. Integration of Genomics in Nursing Research: An Example - Karen E. Wickersham and Susan G. Dorsey
• 10. Gastrointestinal Symptom Science and Assessment - Margaret M. Heitkemper and Wendy A. Henderson
• 11. Caring for Caregivers in an Aging Society: Contributions of Nursing Research to Practice and Policy - Laura N. Gitlin
• 12. Aging in Place: Adapting the Environment - Marilyn J. Rantz, Kari R. Lane, Lori L. Popejoy, Colleen Galambos, Lorraine J. Phillips, Lanis Hicks, Greg Alexander, Laurel Despins, Richelle Koopman, Marjorie Skubic, Mihail Popescu, and James Keller
• 13. Aging in Place: Innovative Teams - Sarah L. Szanton
• 14. Chronic Illness: Addressing Hypertension and Health Disparities in Communities - Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, Martha Hill, and Cheryl Dennison Himmelfarb
• 15. Chronic Illness: Promoting Cardiovascular Health in Socioeconomically Austere Rural Areas - Debra K. Moser
• 16. Chronic Illness: Telehealth Approaches to Wellness - Stanley Finkelstein and Rhonda Cady
• 17. Palliative and End-of-Life Care Issues in Adults: The Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Program - Susan E. Hickman
• 18. Nursing Research and Health Policy Through the Lens of Pediatric Palliative, Hospice, and End-of-Life Care - Kim Mooney-Doyle, Lisa C. Lindley, and Pamela S. Hinds
• 19. Palliative and End-of-Life Care Issues: Policy Perspective - Jeri L. Miller
• SECTION III: CONCLUSIONS: NURSING RESEARCH—FRAMING THE FUTURE
• 20. Expanding Health Care Policy: The Ties That Bind - Ada Sue Hinshaw and Patricia A. Grady