PSW Foundations Module 5 Test (Latest 2025/ 2026 Update) Questions & Answers | Grade A| 100 out of 100 (Verified Solutions)

PSW Foundations Module 5 Test (Latest 2025/ 2026 Update) Questions & Answers | Grade A| 100 out of 100 (Verified Solutions) Question: How do you define advocacy in nursing? Answer: -Means to act on behalf of another person -Speak for persons who cannot speak for themselves or intervening to ensure that views are heard -Recognizes the need for improvement of systems and societal structures to create equity and better health for all Question: Characteristics of advocacy Answer: -Engaging others, exercising voice, mobilizing evidence to influence nursing practice and policy -Speaking out against inequity and inequality -Involved participating directly and indirectly in political processes and acknowledges the important roles of evidence, power, and politics in advancing policy options Question: What makes populations vulnerable? Answer: Vulnerable populations are groups and communities at higher risk for poor health as a result of the barriers they experience to social, economic, political, and environmental resources, as well as limitations due to illness or disability Question: What are health disparities Answer: Are preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence or opportunities to achieve optimal health that are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations Question: How is ethics related to advocacy? Answer: Advocacy requires that nurses have a strong awareness of the context in which situations arise, as well as the understanding of the influence of power and politics on how they make decisions. Question: Does the CNA code of ethics discuss advocacy? What is the link between advocacy and the code of ethics? Answer: According to the code of ethics, nurses should also advocate for the discussion of ethical issues among health care team members, patients, and families and nurses should advocate for health policies that enable fair and inclusive allocation of resources Question: Do the BCCNM professional practice standards discuss advocacy? If so, how do the professional practice standards link to advocacy? Answer: The BCCNM states that nurses should advocate for changes to policies and practices. -Professional responsibility and accountability: advocates for and/or helps to develop policies and practices consistent with the standards of the profession Question: How does the CNA define advocacy? Answer: -Advocacy: involves engaging others, exercising your voice and mobilizing evidence to influence policy and practice. It means speaking out against inequity and inequality. It entails participating directly and indirectly in political processes and acknowledging the importance of evidence, power and politics in advancing policy options. Question: Compare and contrast the CNA definition of advocacy to the BCIT concept definition of advocacy Answer: Both discuss the concept of promoting equity. The CNA discusses more about advocating in policy. The textbook definition seems more thorough Question: Identify 2 examples of advocacy the CNA is currently involved in Answer: 1) CNA appeared before the house of common standing committee on health as a witness for their study into violence in health-care settings 2) The advisory council on the implementation of national pharmacare released its final report recommending the federal government est. a universal, single payer pharmacare program. CNA made as submission to the council as part of their ongoing lobbying for national pharmacare program Question: Identify 4 examples of how nurses can advocate for a client/community/organization. Explain how these are ex of advocacy Answer: -Engaging others, exercising voice, mobilizing evidence to influence nursing practice and policy -Speak out against inequity and inequality -Participate directly/indirectly in political processes and acknowledge the important roles of evidence, power and politics in advancing public policy Question: What do nurses do to advocate toward eliminating social inequities? Answer: Include protecting the pt's right to choice by providing information, obtaining informed consent for all nursing care, and respecting pt's decisions Question: How do nurses protect pt's right to dignity through advocacy Answer: They advocate for appropriate use of interventions in order to minimize suffering, intervening if other people fail to respect the dignity of the pt, and working to promote health and social conditions that allow pts to live and die with dignity. Need to protect right to privacy and confidentiality by helping the pt access their health records (subject to legal requirements), intervening if other members of the health care team fail to respect the pt's privacy, and following policies that protect the pts privacy Question: How do nurses advocate on ethical issues? Answer: Nurses advocate for the discussion of ethical issues among health care team members, pts, and families and nurses should advocate for health policies that enable fair and inclusive allocation of resources Question: What is required for advocacy by a nurse? Answer: Advocacy requires that nurses have a strong awareness of the context in which situations arise as well as an understanding of the influence of power and politics on how they make decisions Question: What is constrained moral agency? Answer: This is a feeling of powerlessness to act for what you think is right or if you believe your actions will not effect change. This can lead to difficulty being an effective advocate. Question: What is the ethical responsibility of advocacy in nursing? Answer: This means acting on behalf of another person, speaking for persons who cannot speak for themselves, or intervening to ensure that views are heard Question: Lobbying vs advocacy Answer: -There is no limit to the amount of non-lobbying advocacy your organization can do, while lobbying activities may be restricted to a percentage of your operating budget -Lobbying involves attempts to influence specific legislation while advocacy is focuses on educating about a specific issue -Advocacy is "the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal." On the other hand, to lobby is defined as "to promote (something, such as a project) or secure the passage of (legislation) by influencing public officials. Question: Lobbying Answer: Engaging in activities aimed at influencing public officials, especially legislators and the policies they enact Question: Moral courage, moral agency Answer: 1) Moral courage: ability to act on decisions even when challenging 2) Moral agency: ability to direct one's actions to a moral end Question: CNA code of ethics Answer: 1) promoting health and well-being 2) promoting and respecting informed decision making 3) Promoting justice