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Milstead’s Health Policy and Politics: A Nurse’s Guide, Seventh Edition provides nursing students and healthcare professionals with a practical introduction to the complex world of health policy, politics, and policymaking. Covering the complete policy process—from agenda setting and policy development to implementation and program evaluation—this updated edition helps readers understand how political decisions shape nursing practice and the broader healthcare system.

Written by experienced nursing policy experts, the book connects health policy theory with real-world political action through practical examples and current healthcare issues. Readers explore how factors such as social media, economics, healthcare finance, public opinion, and political power influence the development and implementation of health policies.

Comprehensive Coverage of Health Policy and Politics

This edition helps students understand the role nurses can play in shaping healthcare policy while exploring the forces that influence decision-making at local, national, and global levels.

Key topics include:

• The complete health policy process, from agenda setting through policy and program evaluation.

• The influence of economics, healthcare finance, social media, and political action on policymaking.

• Real-world examples that connect nursing practice with policy theory and political engagement.

• The evolving direction of the U.S. healthcare system and health policy.

• Healthcare payment systems and programs, including the Quality Payment Program.

• The role of nurses in understanding and responding to current healthcare policy challenges.

What’s New in the Seventh Edition?

• NEW News Literacy chapter examines potential biases nurses may encounter and strategies for recognizing and addressing them.

• NEW coverage of Twitter’s influence on health policy and politics.

• NEW discussion of structural racism and the concept of power in healthcare and policymaking.

• NEW coverage of COVID-19 and its impact on health policy.

• EXPANDED discussion of healthcare payment programs, including the Quality Payment Program.

• UPDATED coverage of the U.S. healthcare system and the changing direction of health policy.

• NEW global health exemplars highlight nurses around the world while exploring globalization and global health policy.

With its accessible explanations, current examples, and practical perspective, Milstead’s Health Policy and Politics: A Nurse’s Guide, Seventh Edition helps nursing students develop the knowledge needed to understand healthcare policymaking and recognize the connection between nursing, politics, advocacy, and health policy.

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