The Role of Nursing Advocacy in Palliative Care

Running head: NURSING ASSIGNMENT
Nursing assignment
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Question 1
Nursing leadership has a long history of advocacy and as a result, I too have come across
playing the role of a nurse advocate. As an advocate, I came in contact with the palliative care I
saw the varying needs of the marginalized and the ignored patients and cannot be cured. I also
saw how the patients are suffering due to the age limiting illness and this was indefensible and
unjust. Thus, I took the approach of the symptom and the pain management this became the
foundation of the palliative care and hospice. I explained to the patients about the suffering and
the complexity and provided them with the spiritual, psychological and emotional support for the
terminally ill patients as well as his or her family.
Question 2
The reason for the advocacy is that the physicians sometimes act as the gate of the
information that breakout the bad or the good news to the patients. It is, however, important to
note that the physicians are always in a hurry and are thus not sensitive to the patients and their
families. Thus, nurses as an advocate can play the role of translator and the communicator of the
information and the feelings. The nurse leaders act as an advocate and explain to the patients
about what the doctor has said during the consultation so that the patient can understand their
feelings (Porter-O'Grady, 2018).
Questions 3
The professional values play a major role in deciding the role of advocacy. The main
motive is to provide the non-judgemental care to the patients with taking into account the
disability, financial status, lifestyle choices, spiritual beliefs and race. The main philosophy is
that the nurses have the responsibility to the general public and to provide the patient-centred
care, holistic, and safe care (Davoodvand, Abbaszadeh & Ahmadi, 2016). I always feel that it is