The human rights movement most directly impacts nursing practice because:

Question

1. Nurses act as advocates for all clients
2. Clients require someone to focus on their needs
3. Caring for clients is the focus of nursing practice
4. Everyone deserves to be treated fairly and with respect

Answer 1

ANS: 1
Client advocacy is a nursing responsibility. The human rights movement changed the way society views the rights of all of its members, including minorities, clients with terminal illness, pregnant women, and older adults. Many groups have special health care needs, and nursing responds by respecting the human rights of all clients and their right to quality care. Nurses advocate the rights of all clients.
Clients do require someone to focus on their needs; advocacy is a responsibility of the nurse but the concept of the nurse as an advocate was established well before the human rights movement.
Caring for clients is the focus of nursing practice, but caring physically and emotionally for a cli-ent as a nursing responsibility was established well before the human rights movement.
Everyone deserves to be treated fairly and with respect. The realization of that truth was im-pacted by the human rights movement; however, this option does not directly relate to nursing.