Informed advocacy: rural, remote, and northern nursing praxis.
To explore what we have learned about informed advocacy from and with nurses working in rural, remote, and northern communities. Focuses on registered nurses who work in geographically isolated communities in Canada. A synthesis of the work of 2 nurse researchers drawing on critical feminist, postcolonial, and social justice theories. The following 4 types of advocacy are discussed: (1) ensuring that people's concerns are heard, (2) contextualizing practices, (3) safeguarding, and (4) addressing systemic health inequities. An informed advocacy perspective helps registered nurses make an important contribution toward improving the health of people living in rural, remote, and northern communities.
School of Nursing, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (Dr MacKinnon); and Aurora College, and Aurora Research Institute, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada (Dr Moffitt).
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Mackinnon
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Moffitt
D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002170:Canada; D018595:Colonialism; D005260:Female; D019513:Feminism; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology*; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000523:psychology*; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D064694:Rural Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012935:Social Justice / Q000523:psychology*