Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Disease: A Global Challenge
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…
Learning the Ropes of Policy, Politics, and Advocacy
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…
Nursing in the International Community: A Broader View of Nursing Issues
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…
Retail Health Care Clinics: Filling a Gap in the Health Care System
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…
Taking Action: From Sewage Problems to the Statehouse: My Life as an Elected Official
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…
Taking Action: A Rough Road in Texas: Advanced Practice Nurses Build a Strong Coalition
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…
Taking Action: A Nurse Practitioner’s Advocacy Efforts in Nevada
Chapter 95 Taking Action A Nurse Practitioner’s Advocacy Efforts in Nevada Elena Lopez-Bowlan “Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not…
Taking Action: The Virginia Nursing Kitchen Cabinet
Chapter 89 Taking Action The Virginia Nursing Kitchen Cabinet Judith B. Collins and Rebecca (Rice) Bowers-Lanier “The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist…
Coalitions: A Powerful Political Strategy
Chapter 86 Coalitions A Powerful Political Strategy Rebecca (Rice) Bowers-Lanier “When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.” —Ethiopian proverb Federal health care reform catalyzed the formation of…
Interest Groups in Health Care Policy and Politics
Chapter 81 Interest Groups in Health Care Policy and Politics Joanne Rains Warner “Politics isn’t about big money or power games; it’s about the improvement of people’s lives.” —Paul Wellstone…
