Incorporating Nutritional Health Plan
Description
The paper is worth 100 points or 10% of the overall course grade.
Choose one area of interest from the following topics:
- cancer
- cardiovascular disorders
- celiac disease
- diabetes mellitus
- HIV/AIDS
- kidney disorder
Present the identified disorder or disease process and discuss need for nutritional support. Discuss elements of a dietary assessment for the chosen disorder or need and present a plan for meeting nutritional needs including patient teaching, patient and family/caregiver support, and available resources. Include expected patient outcomes. Review the grading rubric below for required elements of the paper. Submit the paper by 11:59 PM MT Sunday of week 7.
This assignment focuses on:
CO3 Assess nutritional requirements for diverse patient populations including development level, health status, gender, cultural diversity, and belief systems (PO7)
Key Concepts: Patient teaching and support
CO6 Evaluate examples of nursing research and scientific inquiry in the area of nutrition to provide care and improve patient outcomes (PO3)
Key Concepts: Therapeutic diet
Role of family and support for individuals with nutritional needs
Instructions
- Paper must contain a title and reference page in APA 6th edition format.
- The body of the paper must be 3-5 pages in length (this is excluding the title and reference pages)
- Choose one area of interest from the following topics:
- cancer
- cardiovascular disorders
- celiac disease
- diabetes mellitus
- HIV/AIDS
- kidney disorder
- Identify the disease or disorder and summarize nutritional needs and recommendations for patients with the disease or disorder.
- Discuss at least three elements of a dietary assessment for the chosen disorder.
- Plan four nutritional interventions to include:
- Nutrition therapy or therapeutic diet
- Patient and/or family or caregiver teaching
- Support available to assist the patient and/or family or caregiver. What is available locally, such as support groups, continued nutritional teaching or support.
- Resources available to assist the patient and/or family or caregiver. National or local resources to provide nutritional guidance.
- Describe at least three expected patient outcomes as a result of following the nutritional plan of care.
- Support your paper with at least 2 current (within the past 5 years) scholarly resources.
- APA 6th edition format required
Type of service-Academic paper writing
Type of assignment-Undefined
Subject-Not defined
Pages / words-4 / 1100
Academic level-Senior (College 4th year)
Paper format-APA
Line spacing-Double
Language style-US English
