Corporate Legal Guardianship: An Innovative Concept in Advocacy and Protective Services

Advocacy: A Concept Analysis

Advocacy for patients is seen as a necessary function of nursing; nonetheless, being selfadvocates of nursing has not. The American Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Nurses (2001) states: “The nurse owes the same duty to self as to others...” Advocacy is recognized as essential in numerous fields and presents an intricate concept. The intent of this paper is to use the Walker and Advant (20...

Innovative Breast Cancer Awareness and Advocacy Campaign

Breast cancer is a major disease in Nigeria; in 2012, 27,304 new occurrences were diagnosed, and the number of mortalities was 13,960. Greater than 70% of patients present with advanced disease, which has a poor survival outcome. The mortality rates are high mainly because of a lack of awareness about breast health, screening guidelines, and treatment centers, and because of sociocultural barri...

Vaccines for Africa (VACFA) website--an innovative immunisation advocacy tool.

An innovative concept for an old therapy

© Annals of Joint. All rights reserved. Ann Joint 2017;2:23 aoj.amegroups.com Muscle weakness and decreased functional capacity are common after knee surgery. Recovery duration and success strongly depend on post-surgery rehabilitation. Although neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) therapy has been used for more than 30 years for muscle rehabilitation and strengthening after orthopedic s...

Patient advocacy: a concept analysis

THE TERM advocacy has appeared in nursing literature for almost two decades (Hewitt 2002, Mallik 1997). Much of the literature has attempted to legitimise and encompass patient advocacy in the role of the nurse. However, reservations about the suitability of the nurse to act as patient advocate have also been expressed (Allmark and Klarzynski 1992, Copp 1986, Walsh 1985). Advocacy first appeare...