Discussion Essay: Nutrition Paper

ATI #2: Nurse’s Touch Guidelines: Wellness & Self-Care: Eating Healthy & Maintaining a Healthy Weight: CASE STUDY

 

PURPOSE:

Nurse’s Touch provides interactives that will enhance students’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes with important topics and scenarios in nursing practice. Each module provides case studies along with a practice assessment of content comprehension. Discussion Essay: Nutrition Paper

 

COURSE OUTCOMES:

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes.

1. Assess whether nutritional intake provides basic nutrients for optimal health and wellness.

2. Describe nutritional needs for optimal health and wellness throughout the lifespan.

3. Discuss the psychological, sociological, economical, and cultural implications of food on nutritional status.

4. Describe evidence based practice interventions and modifications in nutrition therapy that can positively influence the outcome of disease and illness.

 

REQUIREMENTS:

· Each Screen Shot for 5 Case Study review questions from Video clip (Located in ATI #1 Healthy Weight Lesson module)

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· Additional Written Paper for 4 Additional Questions :

1. How does additional body weight affect physical status in general?

2. What are some of the barriers and challenges to losing weight in the U.S.?

3. Describe cultural considerations when discussing weight and weight loss with clients in general.

4. What would you suggest to help Mark achieve a healthy weight?

 

· Late Assignment and Academic Integrity Violation Policy will be applied to this assignment.

 

Total Points Possible: 25 points

· 5 Screen Shots for 5 question completion AND a written paper for 4 Additional Questions following Paper Format (page #2) and APA-format

 

Preparing the ati CASE STUDY REVIEW Assignment:

· Log into “My ATI” Account

· Select “Wellness and Self-Care”- Eating Healthy and Maintaining a Healthy Weight Module

· Scroll down to “Case Study”: How being overweight or obese affects your health ”

· Complete the Case Study and Review Questions

· Take screen shot for each completed question: Total 5 Screen Shots

 

 

 

Preparing Additional WRITTEN PAPER: Additional Questions

· Page Length: 2-3 pages EXCLUDING title page and reference (APA format)

· Answers must be descriptive and comprehensive.

· Each answer must have 2 complete paragraphs with at least 10 sentences in each paragraph.

· Must use complete sentences.

· Paper must be written following Paper Format using APA format (Title page, Running head, Page number, Headings, In-text Citation, Full-sentences, and References)

 

PAPER FORMAT

Body Weight and Physical Status

· How does excess body weight affect Five body systems ?

· Describe the mechanisms of extra body weight on each body system.

· Cardiovascular (CV)System

· Gastrointestinal (GI) System

· Musculoskeletal System

· Endocrine System

· Immune System

· Must include in-text citations

 

Barriers and Challenges

· Identify Three barriers and challenges to losing weight in the U.S.

· Describe how and why each identified barrier and challenge affect losing weight?

· Must include in-text citations

 

Cultural Considerations

· Identify Three different cultures.

· Describe how and why each culture influence weight and weight loss with clients in each culture

· Must include in-text citations

 

Advice for Mark

· What would you suggest to help Mark achieve a healthy weight?

· Must include in-text citations

 

PLAGIARISM: “Turnitin” Percentage: Less than 25 percentage: Acceptable Percentage.

· Turnitin Draft Submission Box

· Submit your draft of paper into Turnitin Draft Submission Box to check your percentage as many times as needed before you submit your final paper to designated Unit.

· If your Final paper has 25% or higher percentage, you must revise/modify your paper contents BEFORE you submit your paper due date and time.

· If your Final paper has 25% or higher percentage AT/AFTER you submit your final paper due date and time, Academic Integrity Violation Procedures will be initiated

 

Academic Integrity Violation Procedure

· Academic Integrity Violation letter will be sent to student

· Assignment Grade will be 0 point

· The violation case will be reviewed and a further sanction will be determined by the Administrators.

 

Grading Rubric

5 Screen Shots	5
Written Assignment: Descriptive & Comprehensive following Paper Format guidelines.	20
Total	25

 

Assignment Criteria	Satisfactory or Highest Level of Performance 25 Points	Needs Improvement 10 Points	Poor or Failing F 0 Points
Reviews case study and four questions	Reviews case study and satisfactorily completes the five questions (100% or 5 correct answers) and provided detailed information for all 4 additional questions.	Unsatisfactorily completes the five questions (See additional points)	Does not complete the case study questions an Not submitted written paper for 4 additional questions
Additional points (If not satisfactory on first attempt)	Added additional insight into the case study and questions to further understand the concepts in the module and score additional points as follows (Note: total score with additional points cannot be greater than 100%)   SECOND attempt: · If satisfactory, gain an additional 5% to first score · If unsatisfactory, no additional percentage added to first score	Does not remediate on case study questions as directed by instructor.   Gain 0% to the first score
	Total Possible = 25 points	Points Earned

 

 

 

 

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