Workplace Advocacy

Nursing is defined as the promotion, protection and the prevention of illness and Injury, the treatment of a patient’s disease or diseases, the patient’s response to a disease, as well as one big thing that nurses are known for, and that is being a patient’s advocate nursing has been one of the fastest growing fields since the 1990’s (Mueller et al.,2012). Advocacy is defined as an action in which a person speaks out, argues a cause, supports and defends on the behalf of others. I believe that the role of being a patient advocate is one of the most important things a nurse can do because there are many patients that cannot speak on their behalf, I believe that it is up to the nurses to be those patients as well as all patient’s voices (Mueller et al., 2012).

In a profession where others' health and well-being are priority, there leaves room for neglect of those who are delegated to care for these people. As a professional nurse, there are many obstacles that arise and affect the care provided to a patient, as well as the livelihood of the nurse. The current deteriorating and unsafe staffing conditions in hospitals and other institutions prompts workplace advocacy as the universally appropriate concept for maintaining professional nursing practice.  Common

The four spheres of political action in nursing as mentioned by Mason, Leavitt, and Chaffee (2011) includes the workplace or workforce, the government, the organizations, and the community. The authors further stated that although the four spheres overlap at times, the action performed in any one of these spheres can cause a reaction in any of the others. Nurses are a part of the community in which they live and can influence health and social policy within their workplace, which can have a profound impact on the organization. Furthermore, the government can pass health care policies, which in turn causes the organization to change their policy. Thus, affecting healthcare providers in the workplace and the community at large. An example of

Matthews, J. H. (2012). Role of profess Role of professional organizations in advocating for the nursing professional organizations in advocating for the nursing profession. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), U.S. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved August 20, 2017. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22320879

Nurses work in situations that are driven by political decisions and are directed by healthcare policies which are political in nature (Des Jardin., nd). Political Activism in Nursing includes Policy, Politics and Power. However, health and nursing are political and nurses should advocate to be political activists (CNA, 2000). Nurses advocating on behalf of clients or allow them to take actions on their problems/ issues. Nurses participates in unions, and workplace committees to influence healthcare reform, workplace violence and collective bargaining. The Canadian Nurses Association is the national professional voice of Registered Nurses in Canada. Lillian Wald, Florence Nightingale, Clara Barton are few of the many political

Just as Florence Nightingale advocated for improved health policy, today’s nurses need to recognize health care effectiveness, efficiency, and quality requires governance (Joel, 2006). In the Optum health

The focus of this paper is to expatiate on the role of nurse leader in advocacy and their responsibilities in the transformation of the health care in today’s industry. The role of nurse managers has a far-reaching effect on the overall shaping of the health care industry for the future American health system and most especially in fulfilling the expertise needed in the complex and dynamic health care safety environment. This can only be achieved with the help of the nurse leader willing to effect the change.

Advocacy is a crucial role for nurses, however, its extent is often limited in practice. Powerlessness,

According to Mason (2016), nurses view institutional barriers and fear of retribution as challenges to policy making . The author mentions that advocacy, whether in behalf of the patient of in support or opposition to the issues is typically associated with some degree of “rocking the boat” (Mason, 2016 p. 35). Mason further explains that although many health care institutions respect the contribution of nursing and promote nursing autonomy, some nurses take a step backwards for fear of retribution. It is interesting to note though, that it is not just health organizations that have retaliated against nurses who were strong advocates: governmental organizations such as state boards of nursing also send mixed signals about nursing advocacy

As I acquire several professional strengths, I also possess some professional weakness that I am committed to overcome at some point in my career. Prior to reading chapter twelve in our textbook, I knew so little about nurse’s role as political advocate to influence positive changes within the nursing

The purpose of this concept analysis is to clarify, define, and refine how patient advocacy is perceived in the nursing community. Much of the literature has attempted to define patient advocacy and emphasis its role within the nursing profession. This paper will discuss multiple definitions of patient advocacy from existing literature and refine them into two critical characteristics.

The combined efforts of these workers present a powerful force for negotiation and influence. The SEIU believes that the Healthcare industry is important and must have a voice. The Nurse Alliance provides support for nursing professionals in the public, private and home health arenas. The SEIU “counts 84,000 nurses among its members.” (Bush)

Davoodvand, Abbaszadeh, and Ahmadi’s (2016) research examines the relationship of the nursing profession with patient advocacy. Their work explores “patient advocacy” and problems the nursing profession has had in implementing it. In this article, researchers examined patient advocacy through the eyes of Iranian nurses. The authors noted that patient advocacy is a “hard-to-define” term, as it can be interpreted from many different perspectives. Due to the multitude of definitions and interpretations of patient advocacy, it is difficult for nurses to learn and practice patient advocacy, as it is not a concept that can be easily standardized and implemented across the board. After conducting a qualitative study involving interviewing several

According to Kadlec (2015), one of the ways to advocate patients is to work on regulation to stand for patients’ right, privacy and security . She provides a good outline for a nurse advocating in communities without delivering direct nursing care. When working on regulation, the benefit is not limited to one person or a family but individuals and families.

Advocacy stems from the nursing philosophy that aims to holistically support an individual and enable increased promotion of their health and wellbeing. This concept is viewed as an ethical responsibility that nurses as professionals adopt and incorporate into their practice daily. Although