Nursing Policy Research: Turning Evidence-Based Research into Health Policy

by Geri Dickson PhD, RN (Editor), Linda Flynn PhD, RN (Editor)

Overview

"[O]ffers excellent examples of nurses in action - effectively marrying research evidence and theories of policy influence to achieve policy change. . . .Only when we get the right policy research messages to the right policy makers will there be a real research-policy connection. Hats off to Nursing Policy Research authors, contributors and publisher (Springer Publishing Company) for helping move us forward."

--Judith A. Oulton
Oulton, Oulton&Associates
Specialist in nursing and health policy and development

Nurse leaders, researchers, and evaluators face a vital problem in the profession: how to successfully translate evidence-based research into health policy.

In this book, seasoned researchers share their knowledge, skills, and expertise on the most important aspects of the research enterprise and its connection to policy implementation.
Readers will learn how to:

• Identify the relevant health care issues that policy makers are concerned with
• Collect and manage data that will influence policy discussion
• Translate statistical significance into policy at the institutional, state, and federal levels
• Secure appropriate funding for research on issues in nursing education, the workforce crisis, and more
• Determine how Congressional processes affect federal funding and budgeting

Dickson and Flynn provide the necessary tools to turn evidence-based research into health policy. With these tools, researchers will not only improve their capacity to influence policy decisions, but will take part in the advancement of the profession at large.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826133342
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	08/14/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Geri L. Dickson, PhD, RN, is founder and Executive Director of the New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing affiliated with the Rutgers University College of Nursing.

Linda Flynn, PhD, RN, is currently the Director of Research of the New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing, Rutgers College of Nursing, where she also serves as Assistant Professor. She has taught courses in research and policy to masters and doctoral students for many years.

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Table of Contents

Contributors
Foreword by Linda Aiken
Preface by Geri L. Dickson and Linda Flynn
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
List of Tables
Section I: Discovering the Research-to-Policy Connection

1. Back to the Future: From Evidence to Policy, Geri L. Dickson
2. Nursing Outcomes Research: Connections to Workforce Issues and Policy Decisions, Sean P. Clarke

Lessons Learned, Geri L. Dickson
Section II: Toward Evidence-Based Policy: Collecting and Managing the Data
Introduction, Geri L. Dickson

3. Addressing the Complexities of Survey Research, Patricia Moulton, Linda M. Lacey, Linda Flynn, Christine Tassone Kovner and Carol S. Brewer
4. Forecasting a State Supply and Demand of RNs Using the Revised 2005 HRSA Models, Lynn Unruh and Valerie Danesh
5. Missing Data Effects on Nurse Workforce Analysis and Projections, Jennifer G. Nooney

Lessons Learned, Linda Flynn
Section III: Research and Workplace Policy
Introduction, Geri L. Dickson

6. Work Satisfaction among Staff Nurses in Acute Care Hospitals, Carol S. Brewer and Christine Tassone Kovner
7. Workload, Quality of Care, and Job Satisfaction in Home Health Nurses, Linda Flynn
8. The Emotional Demands of Nursing, Rebecca J. Erickson
Lessons Learned, Geri L. Dickson
Section IV: Research and Educational Policy
Introduction, Geri L. Dickson

9. Nursing's Long-Term Pipeline: A Study of High Schools Student Using a Unique Data Collection Approach, Rebecca Rudel and Patricia Moulton
10. The Looming Crisis of an Inadequate Pipeline for Nursing Faculty, Brenda Cleary, James W. Bevill, Jr., Linda Lacey, and Jennifer G. Nooney
11. Clinical Simulation and the Need for Evidence-Based Policy, Felissa R. Lashley and Wendy Nehring

Lessons Learned, Geri L. Dickson
Section V: Funding the Research-to-Policy Connection
Introduction, Linda Flynn

12. Of Horses&Ponies: Taking Your Show to Washington, Claudia L. McDonald
13. AHRQ Funding Opportunities for Nurse Researchers, Kathleen Kendrick, Gail S. Makulowich, and Mary L. Grady
14. From Issues to Action: How the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Influences Health Policy, Lori Melichar and Susan B. Hassmiller
15. A Metaphor for Addressing the Nurse Shortage in Oregon, Judith L. Woodruff

Lesson Learned, Linda Flynn
Section VI: Making the Research-to-Policy Connection
Introduction, Linda Flynn

16. Policy Development and Nursing, Lucille A. Joel
17. State Funding for Nurse Faculty Loan Repayment: The Vermont Experience, Mary Val Palumbo
18. Using Research to Influence Federal Policy: The Nephrology Nurses' Experience, Linda Flynn, Charlotte Thomas-Hawkins, and Sandra M. Bodin

Lessons Learned, Linda Flynn
Epilogue

19. From Research to Policy - The Ultimate Translation, Linda Flynn and Geri L. Dickson

Index

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From the Publisher

"[A] valuable work that aims to advance the science of nursing through evidence-based health policy. Expert contributors from across nursing, medicine, and health care provide readers with the knowledge needed to incorporate research into policies that will affect patient care, nursing education, and the nursing workforce. Although this book addresses an intimidating subject, its style, tone, and organization create an accessible reading experience."

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