NRS430 The importance of advocacy as it pertains to patient care
NRS430 The importance of advocacy as it pertains to patient care
NRS430 The importance of advocacy as it pertains to patient care
NRS430 Professional Dynamics
Week 5 Discussion
DQ1 Discuss how professional nursing organizations support the field of nursing and how
they advocate for nursing practice. Explain the value professional nursing
organizations have in advocacy and activism related to patient care.
DQ2 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.