Moyra A Baldwin1. 1. Chester College of Higher Education, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral. m.baldwin@chester.ac.uk
Abstract
AIM: To clarify the ill-defined concept of patient advocacy and develop a model. METHOD: An eclectic concept analysis was used in the study. RESULTS: Results of the analysis reveal that advocacy has three essential attributes: valuing, apprising and interceding. Antecedents to advocacy include a vulnerable population and a nurse willing to take on the responsibility for advocacy. The consequences of acting as a patient advocate can be potentially negative or positive for patient and nurse. On their own, the attributes are one of a number of helping strategies. CONCLUSION: Advocacy is a contemporary nursing issue comprising three essential attributes. Individually, each of the attributes is a helping strategy used in nursing. Only when all three attributes are present can advocacy be said to be realised.
AIM: To clarify the ill-defined concept of patient advocacy and develop a model. METHOD: An eclectic concept analysis was used in the study. RESULTS: Results of the analysis reveal that advocacy has three essential attributes: valuing, apprising and interceding. Antecedents to advocacy include a vulnerable population and a nurse willing to take on the responsibility for advocacy. The consequences of acting as a patient advocate can be potentially negative or positive for patient and nurse. On their own, the attributes are one of a number of helping strategies. CONCLUSION: Advocacy is a contemporary nursing issue comprising three essential attributes. Individually, each of the attributes is a helping strategy used in nursing. Only when all three attributes are present can advocacy be said to be realised.
Authors: Chun Sing Lam; Kwok Yin Au; Hing Yu Hung; Ho Wing Chou; Alex Wing Kwan Leung; Chi Kong Li; Ho Kee Koon; Yin Ting Cheung Journal: Front Rehabil Sci Date: 2022-06-15