Question

Discuss the importance of advocacy as it pertains to patient care. What is the nurse's role in patient advocacy? Describe a situation in which you were involved with patient advocacy. Explain what the advocacy accomplished for the patient, and what the repercussions would have been if the patient would not have had an advocate.

Answer 1

?Importance of patients advocacy

Main role of nurse is giving care but rather than that she should act as a advocate for the patients also. Importance of advocacy of patient care are

Informing them regarding information related to health care.

Translating the medical terms to patient.

Providing various information regarding health sources.

So by patient advocacy, patient sholuf be able to get or acquire good health services, and that should protect their rights, promotion of health.

?Nurses role in patient advocacy.

It can mainly,

Ensure patient safety: nurse ensures patient safety by communicating with other health workers during admission, discharge, follow up etc.

Talk for patient: nurse can talk instead of patient for achieve good for patient.

She can educate the patient, family members and others regarding patient care, and other things related to patient.

She maintains or work for maintain patients rights.

She can act as advocate, by cross checking the errors, eg, correct medicine, correct patient.

She can connect patient with resources.

? acted as patient advocacy, when he consulted doctor, and not he was not able for understand how to take insulin injection by himself. . So by explaining that, acted as advocate for patient.

If there is no explanation for that, then the patient will not able to put himself insulin injection. Then that may lead to complications.