Discussion Post: Health Promotion & Disease Prevention in Older Adults
After studying Module: Lecture Materials & Resources, discuss the following:
1) Describe and discuss the nurse's role in health promotion and disease prevention in older adults. Share an example from your personal experience as a RN.
2) Name and elaborate on at least three screening/preventive procedure that must be done in older adults.
3) Define and discuss three common End-of-life documents that you as nurse must be familiar with to be able to educate older adults.
The response should include a reference list. Using double-space, Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.
Reference
1) Newham, R. A. (2013). An internal morality of nursing: What it can and cannot do. Nursing Philosophy, 14(2), 109-116.
2) Hanssen, I. & Alpers, L. M. (2010). Utilitarian and common-sense morality discussions in intercultural nursing practice. Nursing Ethics, 17(2), 201-2011.
3) Epstein, B. & Turner, M. (2015). The Nursing Code of Ethics: Its value, its history. Online Journal of Nursing Issues, 20(2), 33-41.