Assignment: Nutrition
Find a dietary assessment tool that can be used either generally or for a specific alteration in health.
When you have found your assessment tool, answer the following questions:
o What is the purpose of this tool?
o Do you believe that the purpose is fulfilled based on the questions being asked? Why?
o In what ways does the tool account for the individual perceptions and needs of the client?
o Is there a nutritional history included? What does it cover?
o Is the tool easy to use? Why or why not?
o Does the tool provide enough information to determine the next steps or interventions? Explain.
In this mid-course entry into your Nurse E-Portfolio for this course, you continue to have opportunities for reflective practice. In this entry, you deepen your understanding and awareness of nutrition. Make sure you spend some time thinking about the answers to these questions before writing.
In the first entry, you were asked to give yourself a rating from 1 to 5, with 5 representing the healthiest eater.
o What number would you give yourself now? 4/5 Did your rating change? If so, in what direction and in what way? What adjustments to your diet, if any, did you make?
o Are your eating patterns based on family traditions or cultural or religious reasons? If so, do these support or promote healthy eating?
o What two important nutritional principles or concepts have you learned and will always remember? What is their impact on your delivery of quality safe nursing care?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.