Patient Advocacy

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Nurses roles in advocating empowerment to patients:
Patient advocacy in the international scenario in nursing reflects extensive and different perspectives on ethical and legal contexts. Researcher had found that the denial of the nurse’s role as patient advocate can be a major source of moral suffering (O’Connor et al. 2005). Nurses role in advocacy had been define as the voice of patients. According to Nedd (2006), nurses had embraced the role of advocating the patients, as the patients are generally vulnerable while dealing with illness. They need someone who can look out for their best interest and help navigate their own health care. Here the nurses’ role is to support the patient in their own choice.
Nurses advocate in ways that are consistent …show more content…

Patient advocacy as a central nursing role was identified in the Code of professional conduct of the United Kingdom central Council for nursing, Midwifery and Health visiting in 1992 (Hewitt, 2002).
Nurses’ role as an advocator for patients is to protect the patients’ human and legal rights and also to provide assistance in asserting those rights if the need arises. The roles are to provide additional information for a patient who is trying to decide whether or not to accept a treatment. Nygardth et al. (2011), had supported the statement that, nurses main role in empowering the patient is by provide information and support the patients in decision making. Patient empowerments exerted by nurses are mainly to help the patient to obtained necessary health care, defend their rights and ensure quality of care.
Collins (2014) recently had argued that nurses are best person to take up the role to empower the patient’s compared with other health care professionals. This is mainly associated by nurses recognizing their roles to empower the patient’s, considering their beliefs and actions in relation to the care they provide to …show more content…

Nurses need to come up with concepts to win acceptances from the patient’s. Ultimately patient empowerment will only work if patients are able to integrate their increase responsibilities into their daily lives. In this regard, patient empowerment might provide an opportunity to enhance multidisciplinary dialogue, foster networked thinking and planning. This would enhance holistic view for patient with their chronic illness. The nurse-patient relationship will certainly change as the patient gains responsibility. It would be a breakthrough for the nurses if the patient’s gain the self

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