1(Sister Nivedita Government Nursing college, IGMC, Shimla.)
Background: Patient advocacy is described as “Nursing activities aimed at securing patient’s legal and ethical rights and satisfying their existential needs, both on the level of the patient- nurse relationship and in the health care team or organization”. Nurse as a patient’s advocate helps patients communicate with other health care providers so they get all the information which they need to make decisions about their health care. Nurses play a key role in patient health care. So self instructional module was developed and administered to improve the knowledge of nurses regarding role of nurse in patient’s advocacy.
Aim: The study was conducted with an objective to assess the knowledge of nurses regarding role of nurse in patient’s advocacy among registered nurses
Methodology: A study was conducted in May 2019 in I.G.M.C and Hospital, Shimla. 60 registered nurses were selected from various departments of Indira Gandhi Medical College ans Hospital, Shimla. Self instructional module (SIM) regarding role of nurse in patient advocacy was provided to experimental group. Data was collected by self designed questionnaire related to patient advocacy. The gathered data was analyzed to determine knowledge score.
Results: The study findings revealed that more than half respondents (25%) had poor knowledge score, 75% had average knowledge, and none of the sample had good knowledge score regarding role of nurse in patient’s advocacy.
Conclusion: Since the study showed that maximum registered nurses had average knowledge regarding role of nurses in patient’s advocacy so there is a need to enhance the knowledge of nurses regarding their role in patient’s advocacy.
Nurse, Patient advocacy, Knowledge
