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What is a professional nurse advocate and how can I become one?
PNAs offer clinical, professional and well-being support to colleagues, and with new education and training standards, it’s a rewarding career move too
PNAs offer clinical, professional and well-being support to colleagues, and with new education and training standards, it’s a rewarding career move too
What is a professional nurse advocate (PNA)?
Professional nurse advocates provide professional clinical leadership in their clinical settings , says the RCN . This includes leading quality improvement programmes, developing positive learning cultures, and facilitating restorative clinical supervision (RCS) of nurses and healthcare staff, a process that supports individuals to have reflective conversations involving open feedback.
What does a PNA do, in practice?
PNAs provide clinical and well-being support for colleagues. This may take the form of: