This learning module was developed based on research outlining practicing nurses’ and student nurses’ learning needs related to working with older people. Research shows practicing nurses and student nurses indicated they need further professional development associated with health promotion.

Learning Objectives

• Define well-being, psychosocial well-being, and health promotion
• Understand health promotion for older adults
• Explain sexuality in old age, challenges with sexuality, and nursing implications
• Understand social relationships in old age and its meaning for older people, and explain how social isolation influences those relationships
• Understand the meaning of spirituality in old age

(Developed by Sherry Dahlke PhD, RN GNC(C) and Rashmi Devkota, MN, PhD candidate, RN)