Social Justice Advocate

Determining the Nurse’s Role as an Advocate for Social JusticeTop of Form

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Top of FormAACN Essentials provides the following definition for social justice:

“The expectation that everyone deserves equal economic, political, and social rights and opportunities. Equity, access, participation, and human rights are four principles of social justice including to ensure fair distribution of available resources across society, to ensure all people have access to goods and services regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity etc.; to enable people to participate in decisions that affect their lives, and to protect individual liberties to information about circumstances and decisions affecting them and to appeal decisions believed to be unfair” (Morgaine, 2014; Nemetchek, 2019).

Assignment Deliverable

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper on social justice in nursing. Address the following in your paper:

· In your own words, explain what social justice is and why it is a core tenant of nursing.

· Describe the responsibility of the nursing profession in advocating for social justice.

· As an advanced practice nurse, describe how you will advocate for social justice.

· Provide 2 examples of social injustices and how they can impact a person’s or a population’s health. Consider the core competencies in AACN Essentials, identify the appropriate competencies that would address the above injustices.

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