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2. Patient advocacy - Wikipedia

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   [24]: 190 Gadow and Curtis argue that the role of patient advocacy in nursing is to facilitate a patient's informed consent through decision-making, but in mental health nursing there is a conflict between the patient's right to autonomy and nurses' legal and professional duty to protect the patient and the community from harm, since patients ...

3. Health advocacy - Wikipedia

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   During the same time period (2007–2009) another organization, the Alliance of Professional Health Advocates, [19] was established to support private patient advocates wishing to expand their knowledge, establish their credentials, and grow or expand their independent private health advocacy businesses. The organization has expanded its reach ...

4. American Association of Nurse Practitioners - Wikipedia

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   The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) is a North American professional association formed in 2013 as a result of a merger between the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (founded in 1985) and the American College of Nurse Practitioners (founded in 1995) to provide nurse practitioners with a unified way to network and advocate their issues. [1]

5. Nurse scientist - Wikipedia

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   The term "nurse scientist" refers to a specialized nursing professional whose primary focus is on advancing healthcare through dedicated efforts in research, education, and advocacy. [3] Nurse scientists are integral contributors to the healthcare landscape, actively engaged in generating new knowledge that can positively impact patient ...

6. Nursing - Wikipedia

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   Both the role of nursing and education were first defined by Nightingale. Florence Nightingale laid the foundations of professional nursing after the Crimean War, [22] in light of a comprehensive statistical study she made of sanitation in India, leading her to emphasize the importance of sanitation. "After 10 years of sanitary reform, in 1873 ...

7. American Nurses Association - Wikipedia

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   The American Nurses Association (ANA) is a 501(c)(6) professional organization to advance and protect the profession of nursing. It started in 1896 as the Nurses Associated Alumnae and was renamed the American Nurses Association in 1911. [3] It is based in Silver Spring, Maryland [4] and Jennifer Mensik Kennedy [2] is the current president.