An Exploration of the Professional Nurse Advocate Role

Launched in 2021 The Professional Nurse Advocate (PNA) role is modelled on that of
the successfully implemented Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA) (NHS England, 2021). During the global Covid-19 pandemic, staff stress and burnout was rising, leading to the implementation of the A-EQUIP model, to be delivered by PNAs.
The Advocating and Education for Quality Improvement (A-EQUIP) model (NHS England, 2021b) is used in 4 key ways.
- Making Quality improvement more accessible to nurses by mobilising the A-EQIUP model from theory into practice
- Improve patient safety through the successful mobilisation of the model.
- Empower the nursing workforce.