What a great definition of what to advocate means to a nurse. It is so instilled into our training and practice that I believe we naturally do this without thinking. As I read other post, I am reminded of all the other times that I advocate for my patients. Not just in grand scales moments as we both wrote in our posts but as you also mentioned, with small daily gestures. Encouraging the doctor to go see the patient one last time before discharge because they have one more question, helping the patient get a ride home, calling Walmart to get a copy of the current $4 medication list and giving it to the physician. I could go on, yet we do this as part of our job and calling. According to Merriam-Webster (2018), an advocate is one who pleads
