Topic: Essay on Impact of Ageism in Nursing Care

The aim of this essay on ageism in nursing care is to provide an understanding of how ageism affects the provision of nursing care to the old people in the society.

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

In this task you are required to do the following:
1) Define ageism and contextualize 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
• an older patient in their care
• the safety and quality of the nursing care of an older patient in their care
• 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.