Question

Develop a concept map that illustrates and analyzes patient advocacy and assistance for both the consumer and provider. The concept map should include:

The importance and drivers for patient advocacy for consumers.

The importance and drivers for patient advocacy for healthcare organizations/providers.

The benefits of patient advocacy and assistance for each stakeholder.

The challenges and potential obstacles for each stakeholder.

Use shapes and arrows to group ideas and link concepts.

Answer 1

concept map

The concept that is integral to the philosophy of nursing. It’s an obligation that is expected to be fulfilled by nurses in the course of discharging their professional duties. Some patients’ inability to make suitable choices,defend their rights and lack patients of adequate knowledge to be able to make informed decision about their medical intervention especially in developing countries has increase the need for patient’s advocacy. There is evidence of lack of wide implementation of this concept by nurses. This is because of ambiguity associated to the meaning and understanding of this concept. The critical analysis is adopted as approach to clarify concept of patient’s advocacy to enhance wider implementation in nursing practice.

The importance and drivers for patient advocacy for consumers

Patient Advocate Duties

• Insurance Policies
• Patient Complaints
• Explaining Rights
• Payment Support
• Worked With Loved Ones

importance and drivers for patient advocacy for healthcare organizations/providers

(1) defining the roles and process for the incorporation of input; (2) identifying the particular patients and other stakeholders; (3) engaging patients and other stakeholders so they appreciate the value of their own participation and have personal investment in the research process; and (4) overcoming barriers and challenges that arise and threaten the productivity of the collaboration. It is our hope that the experiences of these studies will further interest and capacity for incorporating patient and stakeholder perspectives in research of kidney diseases.

The challenges and potential obstacles for each stakeholder

• Resistance to change: they prefer the way they’re working and don’t see the value in changing
• Issues in office politics the Business Analyst may be unaware of
• Experience of previous projects failing resulting in stakeholders not wanting to spend more effort on another project that may also fail
• Fear of being made redundant or replaced