Homework: The Nurse as Advocate
According to the instructions for this homework, the instructor wants us to utilize 2 chapters from our textbook I don't know if you'll be able to access online by copy and paste url. I've provided the title of the book. Let me know if needed additional information. Thanks
Title of the book-- Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care--Chapter 49 and 50
Author- Diana J. Mason, Deborah B. Gardner, Freida Hopkins Outlaw, and Eileen T. O'Grady
Task
In a Microsoft Word document of 5-6 pages formatted in APA style, you will describe the advocacy process. Whether nurses are advocating for their patients, health care, and/or policies that improve people's lives, the advocacy processes have commonalities that transcend the subject of their advocacy. There are also differences, although these differences may be more nuanced than obvious.
Review the following chapters from your course textbook:
o Taking Action: Nurse, Educator, and Legislator: My Journey to the Delaware Senate
o Taking Action: A Nurse in the Board Room
Respond to the following questions based on your readings:
o Describe what you believe to be the drivers for each of the individual advocates.
o What factors led the individuals to become advocates?
o Discuss the challenges that each of the individuals identified in their writings.
o Analyze these drivers and challenges and compare them with your own experience to date as an advocate.
o In what ways do you believe you can expand your advocacy skills within the next five years?
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.