1. Think Like A Nurse How elder-friendly is the community in which you live? What qualities are essential to your own personal definition of health? How do you define illness? Which aspect of stress impacts you most? What coping methods do you find effective?

2. Think Like A Nurse What facts do you have about your residents’ emotional and behavioral responses to their stressors? What information do you have about how well they are coping with stress? What data do you have about their support systems? What information do you need?

3. Think Like A Nurse As a nurse, how can you promote overall wellness in a family with a critically ill member? What do you do to keep yourself healthy? What do you do to treat minor illnesses when you do not want to see a physician?

4. Think Like A Nurse How does your religion or spirituality differ from Mr. Johnson’s? How is it similar? Can you think of problems these differences and similarities could cause you in caring for him?