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Patient Advocacy: A Closer Look

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Patient advocacy is a critical aspect of providing safe and effective patient care. Nurse advocates are tasked with helping patients understand and navigate their healthcare journey, including answering questions, explaining medical care, discussing and explaining billing or insurance, and other healthcare-related topics.

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The Nursing Code of Ethics: Everything You Need To Know

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In a 2015 presentation , the ANA explained that the first three provisions of the nursing Code of Ethics address direct patient care and describe the most fundamental values and commitments of the nurse. Autonomy and informed consent to treatment. Breaches of patient confidentiality or right to privacy.

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New DAISY Ethics Award Celebrates Nurses’ Integrity

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When you’re a nurse, every shift presents the possibility that an ethical dilemma will emerge. And these dilemmas run the gamut from whether a patient has been invited to participate in their own treatment plan to whether an end-of-life care plan respects a patient’s spirituality or personal preferences.

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Advance Care Planning Discussion: Susan Hickman, Sean Morrison, Rebecca Sudore, and Bob Arnold

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But I do think POLST, which I conceptualize as an advance care planning tool, really sits in between those worlds of decisions that are relevant for the present versus the few future. So I think that really questioning what we do is a good thing that routes to improved patient care. Hopefully that answers your question.