Abstract
Nurses have difficulty describing the steps of advocacy to guide practice. In order to improve the status of end-of-life care, nurse educators need to be cognizant of the advocate role in nursing practice. The purpose of this comparative descriptive study was to describe nurses' perceptions of advocacy behaviors in end-of-life nursing practice. The novice to expert process and the seven domains of a caring practice as they relate to advocacy behaviors (Benner, 1984) provided a framework in which the nurse can move towards becoming an effective patient advocate.
Sigma Membership
Upsilon Zeta
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Other
Research Approach
Mixed/Multi Method Research
Keywords:
Patient Advocacy, End-of-Life Care, Nursing Skills
Advisor
Bette Bayley
Degree
Doctoral-Other
Degree Grantor
Widener University
Degree Year
2006
Recommended Citation
Thacker, Karen W., "The perceptions of advocacy behaviors in end-of-life nursing care among novice, experienced and expert nurses" (2019). Dissertations. 780.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/780
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2019-12-09
Full Text of Presentation
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Description
This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3221907; ProQuest document ID: 304918564. The author still retains copyright.