Nurses Making Policy

Empower future nurse leaders with practical strategies to influence health policy from bedside to boardroom

This award-winning, ANA-endorsed text equips nurses to shape healthcare policy from the bedside to the boardroom. With real-world health policy challenges, global perspectives, and updated case studies, it shows how to turn advocacy into action. Students gain practical tools for policy analysis, leadership strategies, and media engagement while developing competencies aligned with the AACN Essentials. Students benefit from practical assignments, exemplars from leading policy voices, and clear strategies to become confident advocates for patients and communities.

Book proceeds fund the Washington Policy Fellowship at the American Nurses Foundation – a fellowship that empowers nurses to transform health care.

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What’s New:

• Expanded Patton-Zalon-Ludwick Framework now integrates global context, equity, and practical tools, aligning with AACN Essentials to build nurse leaders
• New contributors for one-third of chapters
• Updated coverage of ethics, equity, and professional citizenship
• Contemporary topics added, including maternal health and genomics
• Enhanced focus on practical strategies for all student levels, and impact on health policy

Key Features:

• Covers health policy analysis, ethics, equity, innovation, and global perspectives with real-world cases and applied exercises
• Prepares nurses to influence health systems, eliminate inequities, and advance leadership roles
• Policy exemplars and case-based learning foster discussion and engagement across levels
• Clear frameworks and structured chapters make complex policy concepts easier to teach
• Edited by renowned nurse leaders with award-winning expertise in health policy
• Co-published with the American Nurses Association
• Instructor Resources include Instructor’s Manual, PowerPoint slides, Videos, and more