Problem
Watch the six videos on this webpage, Defining Hope
Review the study guides that go along with each video:
1) Video 1: Knowing It's the Right Thing Download Knowing It's the Right Thing(study guide)
2) Video 2: Remember this Song? Download Remember this Song?(study guide)
3) Video 3: Hospice is Hard to Accept Download Hospice is Hard to Accept(study guide)
4) Video 4: I Signed the Papers Download I Signed the Papers(study guide)
5) Video 5: Is It Worth It? I Don't Know... Download Is It Worth It? I Don't Know...(study guide)
6) Video 6: I Said "Yes" Because I Want to Liv Download I Said "Yes" Because I Want to Live (study guide)
Task
1) What is an advocate? How can nurses advocate for patients?
2) Discuss with examples from the cases in the video segments.
3) Discuss the concept of advocacy and how to be an advocate including examples for patients, facilities, other nurses, the community, and the environment. What types of issues do you think a nurse could be an effective advocate for? Have you seen nurses advocating outside of the healthcare environment?