Patients who perceive their life expectancy to be limited are likely have a clear view oftheterminalnatureoftheirillness.Thisawarenessmayleadthemtoreflectonandquestionthemeaning and purpose of their lives according to (Trevino et al., 2018). As a 77-year-old patientrecently diagnosed with terminal cancer, I would experience a wide range of emotions andthought

Week8Discussion:Death,DyingandGrieving RequiredResources Read/reviewthefollowingresourcesforthisactivity: • Textbook:Chapter20 • Lesson • Minimumof1scholarlysource (inadditiontothetextbook) InitialPostInstructions Coping with the grief of losing a loved one can be one of the most devastating and life-alteringexperiences of a person's life. As a health care professional, you will witness and experience,first-hand, the loss that your patients and their families will have to lear...

Week7Discussion:LateAdulthood RequiredResources Read/reviewthefollowingresourcesforthisactivity: • Textbook:Chapter18,19,20 • Lesson • Addnecessaryresources(includeseparatesectionforoptionalresources). • Minimumof1scholarlysource (inadditiontothetextbook) InitialPostInstructions Option 1: It can be difficult to discuss life expectancy. This is especially true if there are issueslike heart disease, cancer or other chronic illnesses. Page 519 in your text has a life expectanc...

Although many people may not want to think about it, older adults continue to besexually active later in life. They are also more at risk for sexually transmitted infections alsoknown as STI’s. There are a few reasons why older adults are at risk for STI’s. One of thereasonsfortheincreasedriskisduetonormalsexualchangesassociatedwithagingaccordingto(Santrock, 2018). Some of the changes in women may include a decreased vaginal

Week6Discussion:MiddleAdulthoodDevelopment RequiredResources Read/reviewthefollowingresourcesforthisactivity: • Textbook:Chapter15,16 • Lesson • Minimumof1scholarlysource (inadditiontothetextbook) InitialPostInstructions Option 1: In your readings this week, there is an extensive discussion on the physical declinethatadultsintheirmiddleadulthoodmay likelyface.Whataresomesmallstepsthata30-year-old patient can take now that can help reduce some of the negative physical consequen...

Afterlisteningto mypatientHenok, Iwouldkindlyexplainto himthatallthese thingsare signs of his own mortality and fear of getting older. I would inform him that he issubconsciously trying to prove to himself that he is not as old as he is while fear of not doingenough before the end of his life cycle. I would then remind him that age is nothing but a numberand that you are only as old or young as you feel. According to Erikson (Santrock, 2018, p 492),Henokisat aperiod ofhislifewhere heisstruggling...