Assignment: The Nurse as Advocate

Instructions

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.

Tasks:

Write a 5-page brief to answer the following questions. Be sure to use APA guidelines for writing style, spelling and grammar, and citation of sources.

Read the following chapters from your course textbook:

• Taking Action: Nurse, Educator, and Legislator: My Journey to the Delaware Senate
• Taking Action: A Nurse in the Board Room

Answer the below questions:

• Describe what you believe to be the drivers for each of the individuals? What factors led them to become advocates?

• Discuss the challenges that each of them identified in their writings.

• Analyze these drivers and challenges and compare them with your own experience to date as an advocate. In what ways do you believe that you can expand your advocacy skills within the next five years?

Submission Details:

• Submit your response in a 5-page Microsoft Word document.
• Name your document SU_NSG4068_W5_Project_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.
• Submit your document to the Submissions area by the due date assigned.
• Cite sources in the APA format on a separate page.

Attachment:- Trends.rar