3978NRS: Aged Care Nursing-Ageism in healthcare-Nursing Assignment Description: Explore the… 

3978NRS: Aged Care Nursing-Ageism in healthcare-Nursing Assignment

Description: 
Explore the scholarly literature, published between 2010- 2016 inclusive, to critically analyse the
impact of ageism in healthcare. Your critical analysis must include the impact of a registered nurse’s ageist behaviour on the older patient, the nursing care of the older patient and the impact on colleagues in the health care team.

Question:

1) Define ageism and contextualise it to the health care of an older person.

2) Discuss theories and principles that are relevant to ageism, nursing care and the health care environment.

3) Critically analyse the impact of a registered nurse’s ageist behaviour on
A.an older patient in their care
B.the safety and quality of the nursing care of an older patient in their care
C.colleagues from the health care team

4) Identify and explain two strategies that are effective in addressing ageism in health care.

5) Support your critical analysis with a minimum of 15 scholarly articles.