Policy and politics in nursing and Healthcare chapter 3

Policy and politics in nursing and Healthcare chapter 3 What is advocacy? - Correct Answer taking action to influence others to address a health-related concern or to support a health-related belief What did Margaret Sanger do? - Correct Answer -Brought contraception and birth control clinics to US after visiting birth control clinics in Europe -Founded Planned Parenthood and Birth Control Clinic Research Bureau of NY What is a word that in modern nursing practice nurses serve as advocates? - Correct Answer When they ensure that patients understand the treatments they are receiving while in the hospital or serve as a translator between patient and members of the healthcare team. What is a frequently described but poorly understood concept in nursing? - Correct Answer Patient advocacy What is a central tenet of nursing practice both of the United States and around the world - Correct Answer Patient advocacy What are the philosophical models of nursing advocacy? - Correct Answer Gasped, Curtin and Kohnke What is Gadow's philosophical model? - Correct Answer Sally Gadow advanced and existential advocacy where by the nurses role was to help patients clarify their values in illness experience and exercise their right to self determination. -spent most time with patients and families -moral imperative -increase patient autonomy What is Curtiins philosophical model of nursing advocacy? - Correct Answer -Nursing advocacy as human advocacy -Nurses to help patients that are 5 million purpose in there... With the ultimate goal of enhancing patient autonomy What is Kohnke's philosophical models of nursing advocacy? - Correct Answer Model of functional advocacy that calls nurses to service brokers of information and supporters of patient decision-making. Kohnke expressly suggested that physicians persecuted patients she calls victims through there we know best attitude. What is a central theme in nursing advocacy literature? - Correct Answer Nurses are uniquely situated to serve as patient advocates because they spend the most time with patients and have the most influence over the patient's experience while the patient is hospitalized or ill. Intimacy of nursing care has suggested as the mechanism by which nurses are able to engage in existential advocacy behaviors i.e. empowerment advocacy. What are three types of nursing advocacy the influence policy, population health and the profession of nursing? - Correct Answer Issue advocacy, community and public health advocacy and professional advocacy How is issue advocacy almost always best accomplished? - Correct Answer Through the formation of coalitions. Nurses are excellent collision partners bringing evidence base expertise and professional credibility to any debate What is community in public health advocacy? - Correct Answer Nurses working with communities to mitigate social determinants of illness and promote health. Community health nurses routinely interact with community leaders to improve community conditions that impact health. For example Lungo and colleagues 2010 described nursing led indoor air quality assessment for persons exposed to volcanic air pollution from the ongoing eruption of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii. What is professional advocacy - Correct Answer Advocacy on behalf of the profession frequently involves examining issues such as workplace safety, nurse patient ratios, expended scope of practice, and limitations of malpractice liability. What are barriers to successful advocacy? - Correct Answer -Lack of education and training and advocacy during formal nursing education -Institutional barriers and fear of retribution -lack of time -not willing to devote time to advocacy