A patient advocate is someone who advocates for their patient’s rights. The nurse in this role protects the patient’s human and legal rights and provides assistance in asserting those rights if the need arises (Olin, 2012). An example of advocacy would be a patient who is Jehovah Witness, and his medical file says no blood transfusion. I remember watching an episode on Grey’s Anatomy, where Cristina and Leah had a trauma patient and his family did not allow their son to get the blood transfusion. Although the family was notified on their son’s condition, they explained on how prayers will save him. The father explained that “living with it would be so much worse than dying without it”. At this point, everyone including the nurse understands
