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NUR 417 ST Thomas University Disease Prevention in Older Adults Discussion

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Health Promotion & Disease Prevention in Older Adults

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. Your initial post is worth 8 points.
You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per response.)
All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.
Please post your initial response by 11:59 PM ET Thursday, and comment on the posts of two classmates by 11:59 PM ET Sunday.
You can expect feedback from the instructor within 48 to 72 hours from the Sunday due date.

Grading Rubric

Your assignment will be graded according to the grading rubric.

Discussion Rubric

Criteria
Ratings
Points

Identification of Main Issues, Problems, and Concepts

Distinguished – 5 points Identify and demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of the issues, problems, and concepts.

Excellent – 4 points Identifies and demonstrate an accomplished understanding of most of issues, problems, and concepts.

Fair – 2 pointsIdentifies and demonstrate an acceptable understanding of most of issues, problems, and concepts.

Poor – 1 pointIdentifies and demonstrate an unacceptable understanding of most of issues, problems, and concepts.

5 points

Use of Citations, Writing Mechanics and APA Formatting Guidelines

Distinguished – 3 pointsEffectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. Exceptional use of citations and extended referencing. High level of APA precision and free of grammar and spelling errors.

Excellent – 2 pointsEffectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. Moderate use of citations and extended referencing. Moderate level of APA precision and free of grammar and spelling errors.

Fair – 1 pointIneffectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. Moderate use of citations and extended referencing. APA style and writing mechanics need more precision and attention to detail.

Poor – 0 pointsIneffectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. An unacceptable use of citations and extended referencing. APA style and writing mechanics need serious attention.

3 points

Response to Posts of Peers

Distinguished – 2 pointsStudent constructively responded to two other posts and either extended, expanded or provided a rebuttal to each.

Fair – 1 pointStudent constructively responded to one other post and either extended, expanded or provided a rebuttal.

Poor – 0 pointsStudent provided no response to a peer’s post.

2 points

Total Points
10

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