This text contains detailed information on health policy and politics as they relate to the field of nursing and, more specifically, to the advanced practice nurse. It covers the whole process of making public policy, including agenda setting, government response, program response, implementation, and evaluation and teaches nurses in advance practice how to deliver quality health care by appropriate providers in a cost-effective manner. This book can be used to initiate conversations about issues of policy and nurses' opportunities and responsibilities throughout the process.In the revised Third Edition, the fomat has been updated and two new chapters have been added on:Policy Nurses Advance Policy Agendas in many ArenasApplied Health Care Economics for the Non-Economics Major