The registered nurse plays a key role in assessing nutritional status and educating clients on nutrition

Client Assessment Assignment Guidelines

Purpose

Nutrition is an essential component of overall health and wellness. The registered nurse plays a key role in assessing nutritional status and educating clients on nutrition to promote a healthy lifestyle, prevent nutrition related disease, and mange chronic health disorders. This assignment will focus on assessment of nutritional status, analysis of the current diet, and educating on the priority change to improve nutrition.

 

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 for the individual.

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

 

Due date

Refer to Course Calendar for details. The Late Assignment Policy applies to this assignment.

 

Points

This assignment is worth a total of 75 points

 

Requirements

An APA formatted paper is required for this assignment. The paper should be 3-4 pages excluding the title page and reference page. A minimum of four (4) scholarly references must be used. The course textbook is the only textbook that may be used as a reference.

Preparing the assignment

A nutritional assessment will be done on a person who is at least 18 years of age.

1. Collect assessment data:

a. 24-hour recall of all foods and beverages consumed using the template

b. Anthropometric measurements (height and weight)

c. Calculate Body Mass Index (BMI)

d. Client’s identified nutritional goal/goals

2. Analyze current diet

a. Compare their current diet with current recommendations

i. Calories for their age and gender

ii. Protein

iii. Fat

iv. Carbohydrates

v. Vegetables

vi. Grains

vii. Fruit

viii. Dairy

ix. Water

b. Identify areas of excess and deficiency that need improvement

3. Education

a. Provide education based on client’s nutritional goals and result of diet analysis

b. Include 2-3 specific recommendations for each area of improvement

c. Describe the methods used the teach the client about the improvements

d.

e. Discuss the client’s response to the teaching

 

Assignment criteria

Assignment Criteria	Points	%	Description
Data Collection	20	27	All required data is collected and correctly calculated
Diet Analysis	25	33	Analyzes current diet with national dietary guidelines and recommendations in all required areas. Identifies areas of excess and deficiency in intake
Education	20	27	Provides education for the priority area for improvement. Documents 2-3 specific recommendations and client’s response
APA Style and Presentation	10	13	APA formatting is used with appropriate in-text citations. A minimum of 4 scholarly references are included
Total	75	100

 

 

Grading Rubric

Assignment Criteria	Outstanding or Highest Level of Performance A (92-100%)	Very Good or High Level of Performance B (84-91%)	Competent or Satisfactory Level of Performance C (76-83%)	Poor, Failing or Unsatisfactory Level of Performance F (0-75%)
Data Collection	Includes all required items     20 points	Missing 1 required component   18 points	Missing 2 required components     16 points	Missing 3 or more required components   0 – 14 points
Diet Analysis	Includes critical analysis of all required components and identifies areas of excess and deficiency in intake   25 points	Missing analysis of 1-2 required components       22 points	Missing analysis of 3-4 required components &/or analysis is vague and difficult to follow     20 points	Missing analysis of more than 4 required components &/or analysis is vague and difficult to follow   0 – 18 points
Education	Education reflects main area identified for improvement with all required component         20 points	Education reflects main area identified for improvement with 1 required component missing         18 points	Education reflects main area identified for improvement with 2 required components missing and/or education does not reflect main area identified for improvement   16 points	Education reflects main area identified for improvement with more than 2 components missing And/or Education does not reflect main area identified for improvement   0 – 14 points
Presentation Style	Well written paper with no grammar issues, correct APA format and 4 scholarly references         10 points	Well written paper with less than 2 grammar errors, incorrect APA format with less than 2 errors, and/or only 3 scholarly references       9 points	Paper is not clearly presented or ideas are difficult to follow with more than 3 grammar errors, incorrect APA format with 3 or more errors, and/or only 2 scholarly references   8 points	Paper is not clearly presented or ideas are difficult to follow with more than 4 grammar errors, incorrect APA format with 4 or more errors and/or only 1 scholarly reference   0 – 7 points
Total Points Possible = 75 points