Hanks Robert G
The University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing, Arlington, TX, USA.
Nurs Forum. 2010 Apr-Jun;45(2):97-107. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-6198.2010.00170.x.
Nursing advocacy for patients is viewed as a vital role for the nursing profession; however, there is little empirical research regarding nursing advocacy.
The medical-surgical nursing specialty is the largest specialty in acute care settings, but few advocacy studies have focused exclusively on this specialty population.
The purpose of this study was to explore the nurse advocacy actions and workplace support for advocacy using written narrative responses to a mailed survey using a medical-surgical nursing sample.
The responses help to illuminate the importance of the advocate role for this nursing specialty and provide preliminary information on the advocacy actions and workplace support as reported by the nurses.
The resulting data provide a basis for examining the workplace environmental support for nursing advocacy, further delineate the actions of the nurse advocate, and clarify how nurse advocates follow patient desires regarding care. In addition, the results can be used in education, improving advocacy skills, and safety initiatives.
护理人员为患者代言被视为护理专业的一项重要职责；然而，关于护理代言的实证研究却很少。
内科-外科护理专科是急症护理环境中最大的专科，但很少有代言研究专门针对这一专科人群。
本研究的目的是通过对内科-外科护理样本邮寄调查问卷的书面叙述性回复，探讨护士的代言行为以及工作场所对代言的支持。
这些回复有助于阐明代言角色对该护理专科的重要性，并提供护士所报告的代言行为和工作场所支持的初步信息。
所得数据为审视工作场所对护理代言的环境支持、进一步界定护士代言人行为以及阐明护士代言人如何遵循患者的护理意愿提供了依据。此外，研究结果可用于教育、提高代言技能和安全倡议。
