What types of advocacy exist for nurses today? Certainly, we can see how there are many ways and different groups to advocate for as a nurse.

Definition of Advocate:

1. Defends or promotes the rights of others.

2. Changes systems to meet the needs of others.

3. Empowers and promotes self-determination in others.

4. Promotes autonomy of diverse cultures.

5. Ensures respect, equality, and dignity for others.

6. Cares for the humanness of all.

Instructions:

1. Examine the term advocate as defined above, and think of how advocacy can be demonstrated in everyday practice.

2. Select at least three (3) of the factors that make up the definition and give a very specific explanation of how you or someone you know has demonstrated they were/are an advocate.

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Examine the term advocate as defined above, and think of how advocacy can be demonstrated in everyday practice

According to Walker et al, (2015), nurse advocates act as a link between the doctors and patients. Advocacy as defined above tries to change the systems in order to meet the needs of others. In our day to day practice, we experience this whereby patients arrive in our hospitals in critical conditions…

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