title: Advocacy can overcome acts of derision.
authors.affiliation: Louise Kaplan is the director of the nursing program and an associate professor at Saint Martin's University in Lacey, Wash.
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kaplan
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000523:psychology*; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses'; D014861:Washington