Contributors

Preface
Foreword by Loretta C. Ford
Acknowledgments
Unit I - Introduction to Health Policy from an Advanced Practice Perspective
1.Prolific Policies: Implications for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
Melissa Stewart
2.Turning Health Policy Into Practice: Implications for Advance Practice Registered Nurses
James L. Harris
3.The Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing's Future: An impetus for change
Mary Smolenski
4. Policy Implications for Optimizing Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Use Nationally
Robin P. Newhouse, Jonathan P. Weiner, Julie Stanik-Hutt, Kathleen M. White, Meg Johantgen, Don Steinwachs, George Zangaro, Jillian Aldebron, Eric B. Bass
5.The IOM Report-The Future of Nursing
Liana Orsolini
6. Implications for Practice: The Consensus Model for APRN Regulation
Kelly A. Goudreau
7.Coalition for Patients Rights: A coalition that advocates for scope of practice issues
Melinda Ray and Maureen Shekleton
8.The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action
Susan Hassmiller, Susan Reinhard and Andrea Brassard
Unit II-Implications of Health Care Reform and Finance on APRN Practice
9.The Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
Jan Towers
10. The AARP Initiatives
Andrea Brassard and Susan Reinhard
11. A Million Hearts Initiative
Liana Orsolini and Mary Smolenski
12. Joining Force: Taking Action to Serve America's Military Families - A White House Initiative
Cathy Rick
13. Effective State-Level Advanced Practice Registered Nursing (APRN) Leadership in Health Policy
Christine Filipovich
14. Funding of APRN education and residency programs
Suzanne Miyamoto
Unit III- Health Policy and Special Populations
15. Interface of Policy and Practice in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: Anticipating challenges and opportunities in health care reform
Kathleen R. Delaney and Andrea N. Kwasky
16. The Aging Population
Pat Kappas-Larsen
17. The Certified Nurse Midwife in Advanced Nursing Practice
Janelle Komorowski
18. Health Policy Implications for APRNS related to End of Life Care
Judy Lentz
19. Health Policy Implication for APRNS Related to Oncology Care
Cynthia Abarado, Kelly Brassil, Garry Brydges and Joyce E. Dains
Unit IV-Health Policy and its Impact on APRN Driven Quality
20.Policy implications for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses: Quality and safety
Mary Jean Schuman
21. Moving Toward Accountable Care: A Policy Framework to Transform Health Care
Susan M. Kendig
22. A Systemic Approach to Containing Health Care Spending
Ezekiel Emanuel, Neera Tanden, Stuart Altman, Scott Armstrong, Donald Berwick, François de Brantes, Maura Calsyn, Michael Chernew, John Colmers, David Cutler, Tom Daschle, Paul Egerman, Bob Kocher, Arnold Milstein, Emily Oshima Lee, John D. Podesta, Uwe Reinhardt, Meredith Rosenthal, Joshua Sharfstein, Stephen Shortell, Andrew Stern, Peter R. Orszag and Topher Spiro
23. The Effects of Shifting Sands of Health Policy on Advanced Practice Nursing Organizations
Anita Finkelman
24. The American Nurses Association
Cindy Balkstra and Andrea Brassard
25. State Implementation of the APRN Consensus Model
Tracy Klein
26. Advanced Practice Registered Nursing: the Global Perspective
Judith Shamian, D.Sci and Moriah Ellen
27. Credentialing Across the Globe: Approaches and applications
Frances Hughes and Catherine Coates
Unit VI-What does the future hold for APRN Practice and Health Care Policy
28. Health Policy for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses: An international perspective
Madrean M. Schober
29.The Future for Nurse Practitioners
Jan Towers
30. What the Future Holds for Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Practice and Health Policy
Rachel Moody
31. Health Policy and Special Needs Populations: Advanced Nursing Practice in Low-Income Countries
Patricia L. Riley, Jessica M. Gross, Carey F McCarthy, Andre R Verani, and Alexandra Zuber
32. Health Care Policy and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists: Past, present and future
Christine S. Zambricki

About the Author

Kelly A. Goudreau, DSN, RN, CNS-BC, is Associate Director for Patient Care Services/Nurse Executive, Veterans Affairs Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center and Clinics (VA SORCC), White City, OR. She is Associate Editor for Clinical Nurse Specialist: The Journal of Advanced Nursing Practice, Immediate Past President, past Secretary and current Board Member of the NACNS. She taught in the CNS programme at the University of Portland (2000-2001), has worked clinically as a CNS in a wide variety of specialties and has held a variety of positions including consultant, director of nursing and nurse administrator. Among other honours and awards, Dr. Goudreau has received honours from the Oregon Nurses Association for four years of service as Chair of the OR Council of CNS. She has published more than 30 journal articles and is co-editor of Foundations of Clinical Nurse Specialist Practice (with Drs. Fulton & Lyon), published by Springer (2009).

Mary Smolenski, EdD, MS, FNP, FAANP, CAE, is a consultant, registered nurse and family nurse practitioner with extensive and varied experience in the health care field including education, consulting, the military, primary care, independent practise and association work with an emphasis on certification and accreditation. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and has held certification as an association executive (CAE). She served as Director of Certification Services at the American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC) for eleven years, directing the certification and certification renewal processes for over 150,000 nurses in over 30 specialties. Dr. Smolenski has served on several non-profit boards, the Accreditation Council of the American Board of Nursing Specialties and the National Organization of Competency Assurance. She has written numerous articles and has given many presentations on certification, competency, advanced practise nursing and portfolios.

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