How nurses learn advocacy.

Full Abstract

PURPOSE:
To describe how nurses develop the skill of advocating for patients. DESIGN &

METHODS:
Hermeneutic phenomenological research methods. Both reserve and active U.S. Army nurses who cared for patients associated with the military operation in Bosnia were individually interviewed to gain an understanding of their experiences of advocating for patients and how they developed their advocating practices.

FINDINGS:
The constitutive pattern identified was Developing Advocating Practices. The themes comprising this constitutive pattern were Who I Am, Watching Other Nurses Interact with Patients, and Gaining Confidence.

CONCLUSIONS:
For the nurses in this study, developing advocating practices was more haphazard and situationally dependent than methodically taught in their nursing education programs. Nurses would have a stronger foundation in advocacy in nurse educators consciously teach advocacy and if nurse administrators support new graduates' advocacy in the work environment.

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Author information

Author/s: Foley, Barbara Jo (BJ); Minick, M Ptlene (MP); Kee, Carolyn C (CC);

Affiliation: University of North Carolina School of Nursing, Carrington Hall, CB #7460, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. bfoley(-atsign-)email.unc.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing / Sigma Theta Tau (J Nurs Scholarsh), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-; vol 34 (issue 2) : pp 181-6

Dates: Created 2002/06/24; Completed 2002/08/29; Revised 2006/11/07;

PMID: 12078544, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Adult
Female
Humans
Learning

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