Class notes BSN 315 (The aging population)
Complete Nursing Foundations, Health & Wellness Notes – 97 Pages These 97 pages of detailed handwritten nursing notes provide a comprehensive study guide covering essential nursing concepts, professional practice, health promotion, patient care, communication, culture, global health, nutrition, stress, spirituality, sexuality, grief, and palliative care. The notes are organized, color-coded, and highlighted, making important concepts easier to review for exams and nursing courses. Aging Population .pdf Topics covered include: * Canadian healthcare system & Canada Health Act * Levels of healthcare * Primary care vs. primary healthcare * Nursing organizations: CNO, CNA, RNAO, ONA & ICN * Nursing regulation and scope of practice * RN/RPN roles, authority, orders & delegation * Nursing registration requirements * Practice standards, guidelines & quality assurance * Evidence-informed practice and research * CRAAP tool & PICOT questions * Quantitative vs. qualitative research * Research ethics * Nursing theories and metaparadigms * Florence Nightingale, Jean Watson & nursing models * Ways of knowing in nursing * Ethical principles & ethical decision-making * Critical thinking and clinical judgment * Nursing process & ADPIE * SMART goals and nursing diagnoses * Privacy, confidentiality, consent & professional law * Nursing informatics, EHRs and digital health * Stress, coping, resilience & crisis intervention * Trauma and trauma-informed care * Interprofessional collaboration, teamwork & leadership * Conflict management & assertive communication * Patient safety, adverse events & near misses * SBAR and standardized communication * Health, wellness, illness & disease * Health promotion and disease prevention * Social determinants of health * Patient education and learning styles * Indigenous health in Canada * Residential schools, Truth and Reconciliation & cultural safety * Cultural competence, cultural humility & cultural awareness * Complementary and alternative medicine * Integrative healthcare and mind-body therapies * Herbal and natural health products * Global health, public health & health equity * Sustainable Development Goals * Global burden of disease * Intersectionality and health inequalities * Climate change & planetary health * Multiculturalism and cultural concepts * Sexuality, gender identity & sexual orientation * Sexual health, STIs and contraception Aging Population .pdf * Sleep physiology, REM/NREM sleep & sleep disorders Aging Population .pdf * Nutrition, carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins & minerals * Dietary guidelines and nutrition screening Aging Population .pdf * Physiological and psychological stress responses * General Adaptation Syndrome * Acute, chronic and traumatic stress * PTSD and Acute Stress Disorder Aging Population .pdf * Spirituality, religion, faith & spiritual nursing care * Spiritual assessment tools and spiritual care competencies Aging Population .pdf * Loss, grief & bereavement * Types and theories of grief * Types of death * Palliative care, hospice care & end-of-life care Aging Population .pdf The notes include diagrams, comparison charts, nursing examples, definitions, clinical scenarios, assessment tools, and highlighted exam-focused concepts throughout. Perfect for BScN nursing students, Practical Nursing students, Pre-Health students, and anyone studying nursing foundations, health promotion, professional practice, or patient-centred care. 97 pages of detailed handwritten notes
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Nursing
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- August 25, 2026
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- Marija stanojevic
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