An exploration of advocacy in perioperative nursing practice
| dc.contributor.author | McLeod, Bonnie | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | McIntyre, Marjorie | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-08-10T23:49:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-08-10T23:49:43Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2009 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-08-10 | |
| dc.degree.department | School of Nursing | |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Nursing M.N. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | “The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.” -- Herbert Spence The reality of nurses’ practice in the perioperative environment is seriously impacted by the power struggles and political influences present in today’s complex surgical settings; constraining the enactment of patient advocacy. My purpose, in this paper, is to present an in-depth review of the literature on nursing advocacy, from early nurse contributors to recent publications, with a focus on advocacy in perioperative nursing practice. Examining the complex issues of historical aspects and concept interpretation can illuminate approaches to create change. A review of the ideologies present in the perioperative environments that affect the enactment of advocacy will be followed by a discussion of the multiple factors that both impede and support the practice of advocacy. Following this analysis, I propose several recommendations and strategies to facilitate nursing advocacy in the operating room. | en_US |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Graduate | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/4126 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.rights.temp | Available to the World Wide Web | en_US |
| dc.subject | exploration | en_US |
| dc.subject | perioperative | en_US |
| dc.subject | advocacy | en_US |
| dc.subject | nursing practice | en_US |
| dc.title | An exploration of advocacy in perioperative nursing practice | en_US |
| dc.type | project | en_US |