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Patient Advocacy: A Closer Look

Diversity Nursing

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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Enhancing Patient Advocacy and Care through Medicare Fluency

American Nurse

Advocate for patients’ rights and services within the Medicare system, ensuring that care is accessible and equitable. STRATEGIES FOR MEDICARE FLUENCY Achieving Medicare fluency requires ongoing education and engagement with current policy changes, healthcare reforms, and patient advocacy opportunities.

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The power of patient advocacy

NRC Health

Dave “e-Patient Dave” deBronkart, a cancer survivor, blogger, and healthcare activist shares his story of how a cancer diagnosis helped him become a more empowered, engaged patient, which improved his health and led to a new calling for him. The post The power of patient advocacy appeared first on NRC Health.

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Patient Advocacy: Teaching People Take An Active Role in their Health and Healthcare

Nurses Advocates

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to sit down with a friend and colleague, Rajitha Bommakanti , BSN, RN-CCM , to discuss nurses’ roles in patient advocacy. We discussed how patient advocacy teaches people to take an active role in their health and healthcare.

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A Near Tragedy: Lessons for Nurses from a Kentucky Man’s Close Call with Organ Donation

Empowered Nurses

Watch for any small changes in the patient’s condition, and document everything meticulously. Champion Patient Advocacy in All Situations Patient advocacy is at the core of nursing, and this case underscores how vital it is.

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Forging Policy: How Can Doulas Improve Black Maternal Health?

Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine

Doulas, or labor birth companions, typically women, have been an integral part of childbearing throughout history; they provide information, patient advocacy, and physical support. It is not a new concept to have someone support women and birthing people during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.

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Nurses' Advocacy in Intensive Care: What Insights Can Nurses' Experiences During the Pandemic Reveal?

Nursing Inquiry

ABSTRACT Patient advocacy must be understood as an ethical component of nursing practice that involves respecting and defending patients' rights and autonomy. In this study, we examined ICU nurses' patient advocacy during the pandemic, using feminist ethics as a theoretical lens.