Advocacy in action.

This article uses a paradigm case from clinical practice to isolate an abstract nursing concept. After identifying the concept, active advocacy, the article first defines it and then analyzes it in depth. The purpose of the article is to show how understanding abstract nursing concepts contributes to greater insight into the nuances of providing bedside care and contributes to the development of expert clinical practice. The article demonstrates how nurses in clinical practice can relate their own paradigm cases to other nurses as a way of sharing knowledge and information.