Florence Nightingale Advocacy
According to the article “The voice of Florence Nightingale on Advocacy”, Florence Nightingale was born on May 12, 1820 as the second daughter to English parents. She was intelligent, and as a young woman learned several languages. Nightingale was known to be most comfortable in the solitary activities of reading, writing in her journals and attempting to discern purpose in her life (Selanders & Crane, 2012). However, Florence Nightingale believed in making mankind’s life better. With these thoughts in mind, she spent her lifetime trying to improve lives through nursing care for others despite opposition from her parents who wanted her to marry into a socially prominent family (Selanders & Crane, 2012). Due to her hard work in nursing practice,
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in 1852, Nightingale was offered the post of superintendence of a small hospital on Harley street in central London ( Selanders & Crane, 2012). She continued her commitment and leadership in nursing care during the Crimean war where she provided nursing care to British soldiers fighting in the war. She also contributed a base in the nursing education as she established a Nightingale school in London in 1860 (Selanders & Crane, 2012). More so, her lifetime work and passion for improving healthcare provided nursing with a foundational philosophy for practice (Selanders & Crane, 2012).
Definition of Advocacy
Advocacy is defined as an active process of supporting a cause or position ( Selanders & Crane, 2012).
According to Selanders & Crane, 2012, American Nurses Association (ANA), states that high quality practice includes advocacy as an integral component of patient safety. Nurses demonstrate advocacy by advocates both when working with patients to achieve desired patient outcome and when patients are not able to or unwilling to advocate for themselves (Selanders & Crane, 2012). In this regards, nurses makes sure the patients desires and safety concerns are met. Advocacy in my Profession as a nurse “Her significant contributions include her advocacy for egalitarian human rights and for advocacy in her leadership roles” (Selanders & Crane, 2012). Following Nightingale’s ideas of advocacy, I will incorporate advocacy in my profession as a nurse the idea of equality, in which everyone needing healthcare is treated equally with respect and dignity that he/she deserves, irrespective of the patient’s gender, age, or religious affiliation. As a nurse, I will advocate for my patients in seeing that they receive high-quality patience care by providing my presence, ie being there for them and actively listening to their
concerns.
in 1852, Nightingale was offered the post of superintendence of a small hospital on Harley street in central London ( Selanders & Crane, 2012). She continued her commitment and leadership in nursing care during the Crimean war where she provided nursing care to British soldiers fighting in the war. She also contributed a base in the nursing education as she established a Nightingale school in London in 1860 (Selanders & Crane, 2012). More so, her lifetime work and passion for improving healthcare provided nursing with a foundational philosophy for practice (Selanders & Crane, 2012).
Definition of Advocacy
Advocacy is defined as an active process of supporting a cause or position ( Selanders & Crane, 2012).
According to Selanders & Crane, 2012, American Nurses Association (ANA), states that high quality practice includes advocacy as an integral component of patient safety. Nurses demonstrate advocacy by advocates both when working with patients to achieve desired patient outcome and when patients are not able to or unwilling to advocate for themselves (Selanders & Crane, 2012). In this regards, nurses makes sure the patients desires and safety concerns are met. Advocacy in my Profession as a nurse “Her significant contributions include her advocacy for egalitarian human rights and for advocacy in her leadership roles” (Selanders & Crane, 2012). Following Nightingale’s ideas of advocacy, I will incorporate advocacy in my profession as a nurse the idea of equality, in which everyone needing healthcare is treated equally with respect and dignity that he/she deserves, irrespective of the patient’s gender, age, or religious affiliation. As a nurse, I will advocate for my patients in seeing that they receive high-quality patience care by providing my presence, ie being there for them and actively listening to their
concerns.