Nurse Key

Chapter 53 Nurse Staffing Ratios Policy Options Joanne Spetz “The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities.”…

Chapter 72 Nursing and the Courts David M. Keepnews and Virginia Trotter Betts “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” —Frederick Douglass The courts…

Chapter 78 Taking Action Into the Rabbit Hole: My Journey to Service on a City Council Holly Edwards “Service is what life is all about.” —Marian Wright Edelman Nursing was…

Chapter 57 Taking Action Advocating for Nurses Injured in the Workplace Anne Hudson “If you ever think you’re too small to be effective, you’ve never been in bed with a…

Chapter 55 Taking Action When a Hurricane Strikes: The Challenge of Crafting Workplace Policy Janice M. McCoy and Susan McDonough Stackpoole “The smart thing is to prepare for the unexpected.”…

Chapter 60 The Influence of Magnet Recognition® on Organization and Workplace Policy Karen Drenkard “Excellent things are rare.” —Plato Uncovering the “Forces of Magnetism” In the 1980s, a group of…

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…