U3D1 TYPE – Reflective Practitioner

Based on your experiences and readings, analyze the roles, empowerment of patients, and values needed to be an effective nurse
advocate and policy player. Discuss the APN role as a change agent. Provide an example of a time that you have acted as an advocate or a situation that you are familiar with that involved an APN acting as an advocate. The text discusses the limited evidence base for the credibility of advocacy, in your opinion does it work? Why or why not?