DISC 2

Read and watch the lecture resources & materials below early in the week to help you respond to the discussion questions and to complete your assignment(s).

Read

• Meiner, S.E., Yeager, J.J. (2019)
  • Chapter 5
    Chapter_005.pptx
  • Chapter 6
    Chapter_006.pptx
  • Chapter 7
    Chapter_007.pptx
  • Chapter 8
    Chapter_008.pptx
    
    

Watch

None.

Supplemental Materials & Resources

Visit the CINAHL Complete under the A-to-Z Databases on the University Library's (Links to an external site.) website and locate the articles below:

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.

After studying Module 2: Lecture Materials & Resources, discuss the following:

• 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.
• Name and elaborate on at least three screening/preventive procedure that must be done in older adults.
• Define and discuss three common End-of-life documents that you as nurse must be familiar with to be able to educate older adults.

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. 

All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

Your assignment will be graded according to the grading rubric.