Describe a situation when you served as an advocate for your patient,

Describe a situation when you served as an advocate for your patient, subordinate, workplace or profession. What was the role of the nurse manager? Describe how your facility’s ethics committee or other health care team members collaborated to address the conflict.

Support your discussion and opinions with facts, relevant examples from personal nursing practice, and at least two citations from the reading or peer-reviewed professional nursing literature.

See the Nursing Syllabus Standards & Policies Document for Discussion Participation Guidelines & Grading Criteria.

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Describe a time when you acted as a spokesperson for a patient, subordinate, workplace, or profession. What was the nurse manager’s role? Describe how your facility’s ethical committee or other members of the health care team worked together to resolve the problem.

Facts, relevant examples from personal nursing practice, and at least two citations from the reading or peer-reviewed professional nursing literature should be used to back up your debate and viewpoints.

Discussion Participation Guidelines and Grading Criteria can be found in the Nursing Syllabus Standards & Policies Document.