The concept of nurses as advocates within the healthcare system has not changed but the techniques and practices associated with patient advocacy are continuously advancing; there is already an extensive range of existing nursing definitions of patient advocacy (Wellard, 2014). In general, the nurse in the healthcare team is the member with the greatest therapeutic communication, contact and relationship with patients; putting them in an optimal position to utilize their advocacy skills to facilitate contact between the patient and family members and other health care professionals and departments (University Alliance, 2015). Additionally, by pursuing a career in nursing it means fulfilling many roles, such as educator, caregiver, interpreter,