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The personal and professional impacts of becoming and being a professional nurse advocate

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: BACKGROUND: The professional nurse advocate (PNA) is a relatively new employer-led role, designed to deploy the A-EQUIP (Advocating and Educating for QUality ImProvement) model of professional nursing leadership and restorative clinical supervision. AIM: This article describes the self-perceived personal and professional impacts of becoming and being a PNA. METHODS: A secondary qualitative analysis of interview-derived data from qualified PNAs. FINDINGS: A total of 183 codes were developed from the data. These were grouped to form 19 categories, of which the majority characterised positive impacts of being a PNA. Participants described a wide range of personal and professional benefits, together with accounts of conflicts, insecurities, emotional encounters and communication challenges in the role. CONCLUSION: The study findings strengthen the case for organisational use of A-EQUIP in the workplace and help to showcase the significant contribution of the PNA role to staff wellbeing, education and quality improvements in care.

Source: British Journal of Nursing

DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2024.0249

Authors: Wendy Walker, Analisa Smythe, Liz Lees-Deutsch, Rosie Kneafsey, Emma Wadey

Institutions: The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, University Hospital Coventry, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry University, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Language: English

Topic: Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership

Subfield: Issues, ethics and legal aspects

Field: Nursing

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4408915949

FWCI: 6.483

Cites: 19

Cited by: 3

Related to: 10