Question

Discuss how nurse leaders serve as advocates for their employees. Describe how advocacy for employees affects patient care and outcomes. please include citations and references used. Thank you very much.

Answer 1

#. The ability to problem solve, communicate clearly, encouraging others to participate to achieve a set gal comes into play in the act of a nurse leader advocating for their employees.

The ability of the nurse leader to advocate for their staff in addressing workplace issues always leads to promoting a positive workplace environment that yields to high productivity. Nurse leader serve as advocates when they refuse to have too much work dumped on the nurses in the units.

Insisting on nurses take their break when the need to is another great way of advocating for nurses because many of us are so overwhelm that it is sometimes hard to have time to take a break and eat.

Nurse serve as advocate when the nurses involved in the hospital or unit decision making that directly involves nurse patients relationship.

#. Advocacy for employees have a positive impact on the patient outcome as it helps to provide a patient centered quality care and early discharge .