Nurses' attitude towards patient advocacy in a single tertiary care hospital.
Fahad Zeed Alanezi
PMID 34170083WHAT IT FOUND
Most nurses surveyed believed patient advocacy is part of their job and felt ethically obliged to act, but many disagreed that it is a professional duty.
Higher education levels correlated with more positive attitudes, while workshop attendance did not change scores.
Key findings
01Participants showed a positive attitude towards patient advocacy, with an overall mean score of 4 out of 5.
02Nurses with higher educational qualifications had significantly higher attitude scores compared to those with diplomas.
03Attending a patient rights workshop did not significantly change nurses' attitude scores compared to those who did not attend.
STILL TO COME
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What it does not show
The study was conducted in a single tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia, so the results may not generalize to other settings or cultures. The design is cross-sectional, so it cannot determine if higher education causes better attitudes or if nurses with positive attitudes are more likely to pursue higher education. Self-reported attitudes may differ from actual clinical behaviour.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflict of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that advocacy training is ineffective because workshop attendance showed no significant difference in attitude scores. The study measured attitudes, not competence or actual advocacy behaviours, and the sample was from a single institution where prior training may have been minimal or inconsistent.