Posted: December 20th, 2016

Compare the roles and responsibilities of the nurse in advocating for safe care for individuals, for families, and for communities.

Advocacy

In this week’s presentation, we mentioned the transfer of advocacy from clinical nursing to the political arena. In your response to this posting, complete the following.

1. 1. Compare the roles and responsibilities of the nurse in advocating for safe care for individuals, for families, and for communities.

Describe how your experiences in advocating for individuals, families, and/or communities could help you to engage in advocacy in the political arena.

2. Identify a situation in which you have observed unsafe, illegal, or unethical care practices in your work environment. Describe how you could have used political advocacy to correct these practices.

3. Develop an educational campaign for community dwelling elderly about safe sex practices