Chapter 41 Health Services Research Translating Research into Policy Patricia W. Stone, Arlene M. Smaldone, William M. Enlow and Robert J. Lucero “Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and…
Chapter 52 Global Nurse Migration Barbara L. Nichols, Catherine R. Davis and Donna R. Richardson “Migration is one of the defining issues of the 21st century. It is now an…
Chapter 45 Taking Action Reefer Madness: The Clash of Science, Politics, and Medical Marijuana Mary Lynn Mathre “If you want to make enemies, try to change something.” —Woodrow Wilson A…
Chapter 49 The Nursing Workforce Mary Lou Brunell and Angela Ross “If we want affordable, patient-centered health care in this country, then we have to make a renewed commitment to…
Chapter 103 Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Disease A Global Challenge James Mark Simmerman “The deviation of man from the state in which he was originally placed by nature seems to…
Chapter 3 Learning the Ropes of Policy, Politics, and Advocacy Judith K. Leavitt, Mary W. Chaffee and Connie Vance “I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how…
Chapter 101 Nursing in the International Community A Broader View of Nursing Issues Judith A. Oulton “We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible…
Chapter 31 Retail Health Care Clinics Filling a Gap in the Health Care System Donna L. Haugland and Patricia J. Hughes1 “There’s a way to do it better—find it.” —Thomas…
Chapter 93 Taking Action From Sewage Problems to the Statehouse: My Life as an Elected Official Mary L. Behrens “All politics is local.” —Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, former Speaker of…
Chapter 87 Taking Action A Rough Road in Texas: Advanced Practice Nurses Build a Strong Coalition Lynda Woolbert “You will never change anything by talking to yourselves. Stop complaining to…
