title: Teaching adolescents self-advocacy skills.
abstract: The changing face of health care is requiring all consumers to be more responsible for their own care. At the same time, opportunities to lay the foundations for self-advocacy with adolescents are becoming more limited. Pediatric nurses are in an ideal position to help adolescents develop skills in self-advocacy that they will need throughout their lives.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Vessey
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Miola
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012648:Self Care