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Health Illness Discussion Assessment

Part 1: Health Assessment

End-of-life care becomes an issue at some point for elderly clients. Even with the emergence of palliative care programs and hospice programs, most elderly people do not die in their own home as is their preference.

1. What are the reasons for this trend?
2. Discuss what you can do as a nurse to support your clients regarding end-of-life care in accordance with their wishes (Write in the first person)
3. Support your response with evidence-based literature.

Part 2: Health Assessment

Research the health-illness continuum and its relevance to patient care. Discuss the relevance of the continuum to patient care and present a perspective of your current state of health in relation to the wellness spectrum. Include the following:

1. Examine the health-illness continuum and discuss why this perspective is important to consider in relation to health and the human experience when caring for patients.
2. Explain how understanding the health-illness continuum enables you, as a health care provider, to better promote the value and dignity of individuals or groups and to serve others in ways that promote human flourishing.
3. Reflect on your overall state of health ( Healthy). (Write in the first person

Discuss what behaviors support or detract from your health and well-being. (Write in the first person

Explain where you currently fall on the health-illness continuum.(Write in the first person

1. Discuss the options and resources available to you to help you move toward wellness on the health-illness spectrum. (Write in the first person
2. Describe how these would assist in moving you toward wellness (managing a chronic disease, recovering from an illness, self-actualization, etc.). (Write in the first person

Part 3: Education Teaching

Your Role: Educator Nurse 

1. How can you make your teaching more learner-centered and supportive of the student?
2. Are there theories of teaching and learning that support learning-centered instruction?
3. Give several examples and rationale.

Part 4: Children and adolescents health

Newborn birth to one-month-old

1. Apply a principle of human growth and development related to that age
2. Identify a developmental milestone related to that age
3. Discuss at least two developmental concerns or red flags from your chosen age group.