Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Unit I: Introduction to Health Policy from an Advanced Practice Perspective -- Chapter 1: Prolific Policy: Implications for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses -- Our Right to Promote Well-Being -- Policy Shift Toward Illness Prevention -- Scope of Practice -- Results-Oriented Payment -- New Delivery Models -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Turning Health Policy into Practice: Implications for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses -- Background -- Conceptual Foundation -- Application of Health Policy to APRNs -- Evaluation Concepts -- Discussion -- Ethical Considerations -- Discussion Questions -- Synthesis and Clinical Application Exercises -- References -- Chapter 3: Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing's Future: An Impetus for Change -- Local and Regional Scholarship, Grant, and Fundraising Commitments -- Nurse Educator Initiatives -- National League for Nursing Partnership -- Impact and Future of the Program -- References -- Chapter 4: Policy Implications for Optimizing Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Use Nationally* -- The Case for Expanded Roles for APRNs -- Opportunities for Optimizing APRN Use -- APRNs in an Integrated Workforce: Challenges and Solutions -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: The IOM Report: The Future of Nursing -- Background Information -- The Report -- Diversity and the IOM Report -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Analysis and Synthesis Exercises -- Clinical Application Considerations -- References -- Chapter 6: Implications for Practice: The Consensus Model for APRN Regulation -- Brief Historical Background -- Application to APRN Practice -- Evaluation of the Consensus Model -- The Consensus Model as Health Policy -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Synthesis Exercises -- References.

Chapter 7: The Coalition for Patients' Rights-A Coalition that Advocates for Scope of Practice Issues -- CPR Activities -- The Scope of Practice Partnership -- Implications for the APRN -- APRN Engagement -- Discussion Questions -- Synthesis Exercises -- References -- Chapter 8: The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action -- Background: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation -- Campaign for Action -- National Summit -- Campaign for Action Challenges -- Evaluation -- Dashboard Indicators -- Future Plans: What will Success look like? -- Discussion Questions -- References -- Unit II: Implications of Health Care Reform and Finance on Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Practice -- Chapter 9: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act -- The Act -- Nurse Practitioners and the PPACA -- Insurance Exchanges and Medical Homes -- Accountable Care Organizations -- Transitional Care and Care Coordination and Medicaid Expansion -- Health Promotion/Disease Prevention -- Obstacles/Barriers -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- References -- Chapter 10: AARP Initiatives -- What is AARP? -- Center to Champion Nursing in America -- AARP Policy Book 2010 Revision -- CCNA Focus Evolves to Implement the Recommendations of the IOM Report -- Campaign for Action -- Recommendation No. 1: Remove Scope-of-Practice Barriers -- AARP's PPI Publications -- Graduate Nurse Education Demonstration Program -- AARP Eye on Nursing -- Ongoing AARP Initiatives -- Discussion Questions -- References -- Chapter 11: A Million Hearts® Initiative -- Scenario with Questions -- Activities -- References -- Chapter 12: Joining Forces: Taking Action to Serve America's Military Families-A White House -- Background -- Conceptual Foundation -- Application to APRNs -- Evaluation Concepts -- Thoughts for Discussion -- Synthesis Exercises -- References -- Additional Resources.

General Resources for Providers -- Resources for Patients -- Mental Health Resources -- TBI/Exposure/Pain Management Resources -- Smart Phone and I-Pad Applications -- Chapter 13: Effective State-Level Advanced Practice Registered Nursing Leadership in Health Policy -- Health Policy and Public Policy Defined -- APRN is an Expert -- APRN Policy/Advocacy Competencies -- Interacting with Policy Makers and Policy-Making Bodies -- Who Speaks for APRNs? -- Advocacy Strategy Tools and Resources -- Teach/Mentor/Model -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Synthesis Exercises -- References -- Chapter 14: Funding of Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Education and Residency Programs -- An Historical Perspective -- Congressional Action to Establish Consistent Funding for Nursing Education -- Current Federal Funding for APRNs -- The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Investing in APRN Education -- The Road to the GNE Demonstration -- APRN Residencies -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 15: Interface of Policy and Practice in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: Anticipating Challenges and Opportunities of Health Care Reform -- Context for Health Care Reform -- Brief Historical Background -- PPACA and Mental Health Care -- Conceptual Support for Impacts -- PMH Nursing Practice: Impact and Adjustment -- Evaluation of APRN Practice Initiatives -- PMH and Policy: Unifying Efforts -- Ethical Considerations -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- Analysis and Synthesis Exercises -- Clinical Application Considerations -- References -- Unit III: Health Policy and Special Populations -- Chapter 16: The Aging Population -- Scope of Practice, Reimbursement, and Prescriptive Authority: Practice Constraints Impacting Care of the Older Adult -- Health Care Needs of the Older Adult -- New Opportunities: Responding to the Needs of the Older Adult.

Foundational Work Underway -- The Future: The APRN Consensus Model -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- References -- Chapter 17: The Certified Nurse Midwife in Advanced Nursing Practice -- Conceptual and Theoretical Support for Nurse Midwifery Practice -- Core Competencies -- Regulatory Barriers -- Collegial Barriers -- Financial Barriers -- Outcome Measures for CNM Practice -- Looking Ahead: The Impact of the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPACA) on the Future of Midwifery -- Removing Barriers to Practice -- Discussion Questions -- Clinical Application Questions -- References -- Chapter 18: Health Policy Implications for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Related to End-of-Life Care -- Driving Forces -- Need for Policy Changes in End-of-Life Care -- History -- Palliative Care in the 21st Century -- Conceptual and Theoretical Framework -- Health Policy -- Role of the Palliative Care Advanced Practice Registered Nurse -- Outcome Measures -- Implications for APRN Practice -- Ethics -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- References -- Chapter 19: Health Policy Implications for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Related to Oncology Care -- Oncology as a Specialty Nursing Practice -- Interprofessional Collaborative Practice and the Cancer Care Continuum -- American Society for Clinical Oncology Recommendations for Improving Survivor Care -- Prescriptive Authority -- Conclusions -- Synthesis Exercises -- References -- Unit IV: Health Policy and its Impact on Advanced Practice Registered Nurse-Driven Quality -- Chapter 20: Policy Implications for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses: Quality and Safety -- Articulating the Connections Between Policy and Quality -- Growth of the Importance of Quality to Health Care Delivery -- Driving Forces for Quality and Safety -- Nursing Alliance Adds Voice to Improvement of Quality and Safety.

The Link Between Quality and Safety -- linking Transparency to Safety and Quality -- Health Care Systems that Support Patient Safety and Quality -- Value of Evidence-Based Practice to Delivery of Quality -- Data Collection, Meaningful Use, and Public Reporting Challenges -- Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute -- Strategies for Reducing Adverse Events and Improving Care -- Strengthening the Competencies of APRNs in Quality and Safety -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- References -- Chapter 21: Moving Toward Accountable Care: A Policy Framework to Transform Health Care Delivery and Reimbursement -- Setting the Stage for ACOs: Policy-Driven Alternate Health Care Reimbursement Models -- Relevant Demonstration Projects Authorized by PPACA -- The Accountable Care Model -- The Medicare Shared Savings Program -- APRNs within the ACO Framework -- Non-Medicare Shared Savings Programs -- Conclusion -- Discussion Questions -- References -- Chapter 22: A Systemic Approach to Containing Health Care Spending -- Promote Payment Rates within Global Targets -- Accelerate Use of Alternatives to Fee-for-Service Payment -- Use Competitive Bidding for all Commodities -- Require Exchanges to Offer Tiered Products -- Require all Exchanges to be Active Purchasers -- Simplify Administrative Systems for all Payers and Providers -- Require Full Transparency of Prices -- Make Better Use of Nonphysician Providers -- Expand the Medicare Ban on Physician Self-Referrals -- Leverage the Federal Employees Program to Drive Reform -- Reduce the Costs of Defensive Medicine -- Conclusions -- References -- Unit V: EfFects of the Shifting Sands of Policy on Nursing Organizations -- Chapter 23: The Effects of Shifting Sands of Health Policy on Advanced Practice Nursing -- Background and Significance -- Nursing's Social Policy Statement.

Advanced Practice Nursing Organizations and Policy Initiatives.