Discussion week 7 health promotion
K.Y. is an employee-health nurse practitioner for a large corporation. Her role is to advocate for her clients by helping them improve their quality of life, both for the present and the future, through the identification of risk factors, health promotion, and other nursing interventions. The majority of the employees She sees are middle-age adults.
Her clients come to see her for a variety of reasons, including stress, mental illness, and on-the-job injuries. K.Y. assists her clients by providing education about healthy lifestyle choices, referrals to community resources, and counseling.
Make a summary of the typical biological changes in the middle-age adult.
answer the specific question on the table above. Then, continue to discuss the 3 topics listed below for your case:
- Discuss how you would advise young adults in selecting contraceptive methods. Do you have any personal, religious reservations, or discomforts that would interfere with your ability to advise clients and ask them how they would address these personal conflicts?
- Have students develop a smoking cessation plan for a client.
- Evaluate the impact of poverty on older adults. Make sure to include the impact on their physical and mental health and health promotion recommendations.
Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources, must be constructive and use literature where possible.
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| Criteria | Ratings | Points | |||
| Identification of Main Issues, Problems, and Concepts | 5 points Distinguished Identify and demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of the issues, problems, and concepts. |
4 points Excellent Identifies and demonstrates an accomplished understanding of most of the issues, problems, and concepts. |
2 points Fair Identifies and demonstrates an acceptable understanding of most of the issues, problems, and concepts. |
1 point Poor Identifies and demonstrates an unacceptable understanding of most issues, problems, and concepts. |
5 points |
| Use of Citations, Writing Mechanics and APA Formatting Guidelines | 3 points Distinguished Effectively 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. |
2 points Excellent Effectively 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. |
1 point Fair Ineffectively 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. |
0 point Poor Ineffectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. Unacceptable use of citations and extended referencing. APA style and writing mechanics need serious attention. |
3 points |
| Response to Posts of Peers | 2 points Distinguished The student constructively responded to two other posts and either extended, expanded, or provided a rebuttal to each. |
1 point Fair The student constructively responded to one other post and either extended, expanded, or provided a rebuttal. |
0 point Poor The student provided no response to a peer’s post.
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2 points | |
