Nursing advocacy: How is it defined by patients and nurses, what does it involve and how is it experienced?

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 282-292

  Vaartio, Heli ^a,b,e   Leino Kilpi, Helena ^a,c   Salanterä, Sanna ^a   Suominen, Tarja ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b NOVIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Empowerment; Nursing advocacy; Pain care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING PRACTICE; PAIN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PROFESSIONALISM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33747611450     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2006.00406.x     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. McFerran TA (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of Nursing. 1998, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
2. Sellin SC. Out of a limb: a qualitative study of patient advocacy in institutional nursing. Nurs Ethics 1995; 2: 19-29.
3. Snowball J. Asking nurses about advocating for patients. Reactive and proactive accounts. J Adv Nurs 1996; 24: 67.
4. Mallik M. Advocacy in nursing - perceptions of practising nurses. J Clin Nurs 1997; 6: 303-13.
5. McGarth A, Walker A. Nurses' perceptions and experiences on advocacy. Contemp Nurse 1999; 8: 72-78.
6. Wheeler P. Is advocacy at the heart of professional practice? Nurs Stand 2000; 14: 39-41.
7. Vaartio H, Leino-Kilpi H. Nursing advocacy - review on empirical studies 1990-2003. Int J Nurs Stud 2005; 42: 705-14.
8. Gadow S. Existential advocacy: philosophical foundation of nursing. In Nursing: Images and Ideals (Spricker SF, Gadow S eds), 1980, Springer Publishing Company, New York, 79-101.
9. Kohnke MF. Advocacy: Risk and Reality. 1982, CV Mosby Co., St Louis, MO.
10. Mitty EI. The nurse as advocate: issues in LTC. Nurs Health Care 1991; 12: 520-3.
11. Malin N, Teasdale K. Caring versus empowerment: considerations for nursing practice. J Adv Nurs 1991; 16: 657-62.
12. McDonald S, Ahern K. The professional consequences of whistleblowing by nurses. J Prof Nurs 2000; 16: 313.
13. Baldwin MA. Patient advocacy: a concept analysis. Nurs Stand 2003; 17: 33-39.
14. Schroeter K. Advocacy in perioperative nursing practice. AORN J, 2000; 71: 1207.
15. Hyland D. An exploration of the relationship between patient autonomy and patient advocacy: implications for nursing practice. Nurs Ethics 2002; 9: 472-83.
16. Mallik M. Advocacy in nursing: perceptions and attitudes of the nursing elite in the United Kingdom. J Adv Nurs 1998; 28: 1001-11.
17. Hewitt J. A critical review of the arguments debating the role of the nurse advocate. J Adv Nurs 2002; 37: 339-445.
18. Livovich J. Ethics in managed care and pain medicine. Pain Med 2001; 2: 155-61.
19. Watt E. An exploration of the way in which the concept of patient advocacy is perceived by registered nurses working in an acute care hospital. Int J Nurs Pract 1997; 3: 119-27.
20. Chafey K, Rhea M, Shannon A, Spencer S. Characterizations of advocacy by practising nurses. J Prof Nurs 1998; 14: 43-52.
21. Curtin LL. The nurse as advocate: a philosophical foundation for nursing. Adv Nurs Sci 1979; 1: 1-10.
22. Segesten K, Fagring A. Patient advocacy - an essential part of quality nursing care. Int Nurs Rev 1996; 43: 142-4.
23. Willard C. The nurse's role as patient advocate: obligation or imposition? J Adv Nurs 1996; 24: 60-66.
24. Sahlsten M, Larsson I, Plos K, Lindencrona SC. Hindrance for patient participation in nursing care. Scand J Caring Sci 2005; 19: 223-9.
25. Tilden VP. Advance directives. Am J Nurs 2000; 100: 49-51.
26. Evans GL. The ethical and legal implications surrounding the concept of advocacy. Assignment - Ongoing work of health care students 1999; 5: 3-10.
27. Berggren I, Begat I, Severinsson E. Australian clinical nurse supervisors' ethical decision-making style. Nurs Health Sci 2002; 4: 15-23.
28. Haddad A, Vernarec E. Ethics in action. Regist Nurse 2001; 64: 25-27.
29. Davis GC. Nursing's role in pain management across the health care continuum. Nurs Outlook 1998; 46: 19-23.
30. Kondracki NL, Wellman NS, Amundson DR. Content analysis: review of methods and their application in nutrition education. J Nutr Educ Behav 2002; 34: 224-51.
31. Polit DF, Hungler BP. Nursing Research - Principles and Methods, 6th edn. 1999, Lippincott, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
32. Miles MB, Huberman AM. Qualitative Data Analysis. 1994, Sage Publications, Beverly Hills, CA, USA.
33. Catanzaro, M. Using qualitative analytic techniques. In Nursing research; Theory and Practice (Woods P, Catanzaro M eds), 1988, C.V. Mosby Company, St Louis, NY, USA, 537-42.
34. Cavanagh S. Content analysis: concepts, methods and applications. Nurse Res 1997; 4: 5-16.
35. Burns. N, Grove SK. The Practice of Nursing Research: Conduct, Critique & Utilization. 1997, W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA.