Nursing advocacy: how is it defined by patients and nurses, what does it involve and how is it experienced?
: Vaartio H, Leino-Kilpi H, Salantera S, Suominen T
Publisher: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
: 2006
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF CARING SCIENCES
: SCAND J CARING SCI
: 20
: 3
: 282
: 292
: 11
: 0283-9318
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6712.2006.00406.x
Conclusions: In nursing practice the abstract concept of nursing advocacy finds expression in voicing responsiveness, which integrates an acknowledged professional responsibility for and active involvement in supporting patients' needs and wishes.