Evidence-Informed Health Policy, Second Edition: Using EBP to Transform Policy in Nursing and Healthcare

What happens in health policy at local, state, and federal levels directly affects patients, nurses, and nursing practice. Some healthcare professionals, though, are intimidated by the complex and often nonlinear policy process or simply don’t know how to take the first step toward implementing policy change.

In the second edition of Evidence-Informed Health Policy, authors Jacqueline M. Loversidge and Joyce Zurmehly demystify health policymaking and equip nurses and other healthcare professionals with the knowledge, tools, and confidence to navigate the first of many steps into health policy. This book translates the EBP language of clinical decision-making into an evidence-informed health policy (EIHP) model―a foundation for integrating evidence into health policymaking and leveraging dialogue with stakeholders.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Extending the Use of Evidence-Based Practice to Health Policymaking
Chapter 2: The Use of Evidence: The Changing Landscape in Health Policymaking
Chapter 3: Health Policy and Politics
Chapter 4: Government Structures and Functions That Drive Process
Chapter 5: Policymaking Processes and Models
Chapter 6: An Overview of an Evidence-Informed Health Policy Model for Nursing
Chapter 7: The Foundation: Steps 0 Through 3 of the EIHP Process
Chapter 8: Policy Production: Steps 4 and 5 of the EIHP Process
Chapter 9: Follow-Through: Steps 6 and 7 of the EIHP Process
Chapter 10: Health Policy on a Global Scale
Chapter 11: Evidence-Informed Health Policymaking: Challenges and Strategies
Appendix A: Resources
Appendix B: Global Examples of Evidence-Informed Policymaking: An Annotated Bibliography

Jacqueline M. Loversidge, PhD, RNC-AWHC, ANEF, is an Associate Professor Emeritus of Clinical Nursing at The Ohio State University College of Nursing. She has extensive experience in the regulatory setting through her work with the Ohio Board of Nursing and through committee work for the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.

Joyce Zurmehly, PhD, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, ANEF, is an Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing at The Ohio State University College of Nursing. She has served on national committees where she actively participates in developing policy in the regulation of nursing programs.