NUR4828 Advocacy in Nursing Profession Discussion

After reviewing the final module, please share how this particular course has impacted your learning journey. This assignment is worth 20 points. The word count is 350 words. No references needed. You can pick one particular topic or a couple of topics and discuss how this knowledge will impact your nursing practice. In your answer, explain how you know you have or are transitioning into the role of the baccalaureate nurse. Final Module includes: Module 6 – Advocacy Introduction This learning module assists the RN to BSN in defining advocacy, and advocacy skills on one’s behalf, for peers, or for problems at hand. Additionally, this module addresses the concept of power, how it is defined, and the three types of power needed by nursing professionals to make needed contributions in today’s health care arena. Upon successful completion of this module, learners should be able to: • • • • Define advocacy in the nursing profession Explore the concept of advocacy skills Define power in the nursing profession Evaluate three types of power used in nursing Module 6 – Power Power is : The ability or capacity to perform or act effectively, or create change. Benner (2001) also views power as including caring practices by nurses which are used to empower patients Advocacy: the skill that successfully supports something or someone, consists of a set of sub-skills. The first advocacy skill is “problem solving”. Nurses need to identify issues, develop goals, and strategy to achieve those goals. In your QI project you focused on the planning process. Planning is part of the QI process … you always identifying, developing implementing, and evaluating the process change. The second advocacy skill is “communication”. Although nursing is the most trusted profession by the public, most people still do not know or understand what nursing is or all that nurses do. Learning to communicate who we are and how nurses are advocates for patient care is important. Communication is crucial for power. I really like the “60 seconds speech to advocate for nursing” (Tomajan, 2012). The third skill is “influence” and in order to change, make change or sell something the advocate has to influence others. That means changing someone’s thoughts or actions through building trust and credibility and by demonstrating that the other person’s best interest is our consideration and focus. Collaborating in multidisciplinary teams nurses can influence other professions and decisions being made. For nursing, power needs to be expanded in three areas, Content, Context, and Competency. Read these articles before continuing. Power Backward to the Future.pdf (Links to an external site.) Advocating for Nurses and Nursing.pdf (Links to an external site.) The nurse educator role in advocacy is very active. The educational process of nurses contributes to the process and formation of Nursing roles and the future of Nursing. Now, on to ways nurses can advocate for Nursing and Patients…… What would the world be like without Nurses? Imagine a World without Nurses (Links to an external site. Advocating for Nursing ◦ ◦ ▪ ▪ Advocating for Nurses and Nursing (Links to an external site.) Workplace Violence NIOSH (Links to an external site.) CDC (Links to an external site.) ◦ • Why are many new Nurse graduates quitting nursing? New Graduates (Links to an external site.) Why New Nurses Do Not Stay (Links to an external site.) Reasons for Quitting (Links to an external site.) • Support for Nurses Patient Advocate (Links to an external site.) Advocating for Patients. • Patient to Nurse Ratio Does Ratio and Experience Matter? (Links to an external site.) • Nurses vs Arnold (Links to an external site.) ◦ Nurses vs Schwarzenegger (Links to an external site.) ◦ 6 years later (Links to an external site.) • Patients before Profits ◦ NYSNA (Links to an external site.) ◦ RN vs HCA (Links to an external site.) • Universal Health Care Nurses Union (Links to an external site.) • Healthcare Advocacy ◦ Health care advocacy ex. websites.docx Collective advocacy • American Nursing Association ANA E-membership (Links to an external site.) • Florida Nursing Association FNA State Legislation (Links to an external site.) Concierge Medicine • Concierge (Links to an external site.) NP Power through Change You have learned in other courses about concepts of Change; and how, for example, in Roger’s Theory of Change or in Lewin’s Theory, change happens in stages, UnFreeze Freeze (Links to an external site.) . Theories (Links to an external site.) Change may be planned or unplanned. Typical barriers to change are unexpected changes in the external conditions, a lack of commitment in implementation, resistance of people involved, or a lack of resources. The implications of failed change projects go beyond missed objectives. More important is the negative symbolism and the de-motivation of people involved. Unplanned changes bring about unpredictable outcomes, while planned change is a sequence of events implemented to achieve established goals. Planned Change.ppt Change Agent The Change Agent’s job is to facilitate change. This can entail the entire change process. This change process can be developing the plan of what changes will take place, enacting the change, removing any blockages of change and evaluating the effectiveness of the change. Read more : http://www.ehow.com/facts_7411716_change-agent-organization_.html (Links to an external site.) The Change Agent’s job is to facilitate change. This can entail the entire change process. This change process can be developing the plan of what changes will take place, enacting the change, removing any blockages of change and evaluating the effectiveness of the change. Read more : http://www.ehow.com/facts_7411716_change-agent-organization_.html (Links to an external site.) The Change Agent’s job is to facilitate change. This can entail the entire change process. This change process can be developing the plan of what changes will take place, enacting the change, removing any blockages of change and evaluating the effectiveness of the change. Read more : http://www.ehow.com/facts_7411716_change-agent-organization_.html (Links to an external site.) The Change Agent’s job is to facilitate the change. This can entail the entire change process. This process can be developing the plan of what changes will take place, enacting the change, removing any blockages of change and evaluating the effectiveness of the change. In nursing, a change agent is a person who brings about changes that impact nursing services. (Ogueiofo, Ngozi. 2012). Porter-O’Grady (2003) suggests that the manager’s behavior is the single most important factor in how people in the organization accept change. How can you, as a manager, leader, or change agent, motivate others to change? How do you react to change? Are you a traditional who likes things as they are or a Crusader who is looking for the change? Are you one who anticipates coming change or one who resist change? WHO MOVED My cheese.PPS After viewing the ppts, download these worksheets for discussion #4. Who Cheese.pdf …