Policy and Politics in Nursing and Healthcare - Revised Reprint

This book was required for a course in my MSN program, and it has been a fantastic resource! Great coverage of a range of topics relating to policy and political processes in legislation, government, communities, organizations, research, nursing, and healthcare in general. The authors consistently communicate in a relatable, relevant way--and provide current examples to connect concepts to context. I'm glad I purchased instead of renting, and I would highly recommend for anyone interested in getting involved with nursing leadership or political advocacy!

love this book.EASY EASY to understand, real life information. I still have this book-didn't sell back at end of semester. I continue to use as a quick reference. I got my A+ because of this book!!

This book is the assigned text for my Current Nursing Issues and Trends class in a BSN program. It covers material such as unionization, affordable health insurance, and legislation issues that affect nurses. I imagine much of the material would become dated very quickly, so I'm glad to see this one was update in 2014. I plan to keep this book when my class is finished because there is so much to learn but will need to check if any information becomes outdated.

Using this book for my Masters in Nursing Course. (Assigned textbook) I know very little about Healthcare Policy and Politics and this book has served as a handy reference and learning tool.

This is a thorough book, it is up to date for the most part. I had to buy for my Health policy class and it doesn't repeat things like most school books do. I do like that I have learned some things on the behind the scenes and how legislation gets passed, denied, etc. I like the fact that the book highly encourages patient advocacy. However, I do feel like the chapters tend to be biased and leading towards one political party than others. I won't get into the politics of our society, but this does make it hard to read through the chapters, I skim sometimes because I can't stand the way its being portrayed. Just my opinion.

The book arrived quickly in excellent condition. The authors are clear considering the amount of information provided. Great source for someone needing an introduction into nursing policy.

Very interested and easy reading! I thought this course would be boring but I was wrong! Even novice nurses can support and help change policy!

Like the previous (other) reviewer, I am annoyed that this ebook has so little portability. I bought the Kindle text so I could read it on the go, using my Kindle, or MacAir. Turns out, this book doesn't even load on to my Kindle or my lap top. It ONLY loads onto my desktop, making the ebook not more but LESS portable than the hard copy would have been. The buyer alert needs to more prominent.Update: if you highlight or take notes liberally, don't expect to revisit your highlighted material except by laboriously clicking back (or ahead), page-by-page. This is true on the lap top (which finally loads the text) and the desk top for me. I've read through chapter 14, highlighting along the way. I've opened the sidebar along the left side and chosen "All My Notes and Marks" The function does NOT track highlights as I make them though. It shows the notes and marks beginning from pg. 1, regardless of where you actually are in the text. You have to scroll down to find newer ones. Problem is, the sidebar only seems capable of loading a limited number of notes. It is impossible (as far as I can tell) to re-access highlights on this bar after reaching (for me) about pg. 40. Try to scroll much farther that and everything gets wonky and then goes blank. The side menu never populates with the rest of the notes/highlights. I don't know if it the side bar is just loading very, very slowly or what. Regardless, I cannot use this text to study from. I don't have 10 minutes to wait for the stupid thing to find my highlights on pg 129 or 204 or whatever, when I could just flip to them in a second with a paper text. Very irritating. I will not buy another large electronic textbook.