Gerontology: Identify a client from your clinical experience who could have benefited from nursing intervention to promote health and wellness

Gerontology: Identify a client from your clinical experience who could have benefited from nursing intervention to promote health and wellness

Assignment 2: Two Discussion Board Postings | Value 20%

Assignment 2 consists of two postings that you will write for the unit Discussion Forums: Part A Discussion: Posting 1; and Part B Discussion: Posting 2. Each posting is worth 10%; the two postings for Assignment 2 will be worth a total of 20% of your final grade.

For each of the two postings of Assignment 2, select a topic of interest from the five topics listed below. Write a two-page paper discussing the selected topic. Submit your paper through the assignment drop box for your instructor to grade.

Health Promotion Posting

Identify a client from your clinical experience who could have benefited from nursing intervention to promote health and wellness. Briefly describe the client's need for health promotion. How is the need related to aging, chronic illness, and/or functional limitations? What health promoting activities would have helped meet the client's need? How do the suggested health promoting activities encourage self-responsibility?

 

 

Criteria Marks
Submit two postings, each worth 10%

Posting One

Posting Two

10

10

Each posting will be graded according the following criteria:

  • Discusses posting topic succinctly
  • Shows evidence of critical analysis and application of course theory (you must link your discussion to at least one course reading).
  • Uses APA format to reference citations
Total /20