Effective patient advocate
As mentioned in the lesson, for the healthcare professional to be an effective patient advocate, he or she must understand how information technology affects the patient and the subsequent delivery of care. Continue to reflect upon what does this statement means to you and your responsibilities as a future APN.
Sample Solution
When a patient is diagnosed with a serious chronic or life-threatening condition, more changes than just her health status. These patients often face financial, logistical, and bureaucratic challenges to obtaining quality care, and need strong relationships with patient advocates to mediate these problems.Patient advocates are organizations or individuals who work on behalf of patients to help them coordinate their care, access prescribed treatments, and handle other logistical problems. According to Beth Moore, Executive Vice President of Corporate Communications at the non-profit Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF), these issues are often woven together to create one large, compound challenge.
