Nurses Who Assume the Role of Advocate for Older Hospitalized Patients: A Qualitative Study
Introduction Patient advocacy, acting on behalf of patients’ unmet needs, is fundamental to nursing, and the perception of the need for advocacy motivated this study. Nurses experience moral discomfort, which results from a divergent view regarding medical or caregivers’ decisions about patients’ cl...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2021-07-01
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| Series: | SAGE Open Nursing |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/23779608211030651 |