ATTRIBUTES NECESSARY FOR EFFECTIVE PATIENT ADVOCACY Clear Communication Communication is always an area of potential misunderstanding, and especially so when there are two (or more) groups of people from different backgrounds and perceptions, and different missions in the workplace. As healthcare staff, we have certain words, our “healthcare language” if you will, that is perfectly understandable to us and to…
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The American Nurses Association (ANA) clearly identifies a professional nursing responsibility to protect the rights of patients through patient advocacy. In addition, the ANA Code of Ethics states that all nurses must care for patients “with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth and uniqueness of every individual, unrestricted by considerations of social or economic status, personal attributes or…
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Can you really get too much water? Based on the current literature encouraging people to hydrate, hydrate, hydrate, you wouldn’t think so. However, we need to be aware that some of our patients are dying from too much water. Here are just two examples from a Michigan prison and from the San Diego Central Jail. Considered a rare condition in…
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