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Course: NURS 2750 Nutrition and the Role of the Professional Nurse

Title of Assignment: Nutritional Screening Instructions and Criteria

Course Outcomes/Upon completion of this assignment, the student will:

· CO #1: Apply theories and concepts from the arts and sciences to provide prevention-based nutritional care of clients.

· CO #5: Assess protective and predictive factors, including genetics, which influence the nutritional health of individuals, families and communities.

· CO #7: Identify integrative modalities and their role in nutritional health.

You will perform a mini nutritional assessment on the elder you have chosen for the “Health History/Wellness” assignment in NURS 2700.

1. Before completing the nutritional assessment on the elderly person:

A. Go to the following website:

https://hign.org/consultgeri/try-this-series/assessing-nutrition-older-adults

View the 30-minute video titled Assessing Nutrition in Older Adults

B. There is an instructional guide you should review and may even want to take with you for reference during your interview with the elderly person. This is a step-by-step guide that makes completing this assessment very easy. Advance preparation is necessary, so you are prepared for the assessment process. You can access the guide at the following website:

http://www.mna-elderly.com/forms/mna_guide_english.pdf

Assignment Criteria:

1. Complete nutritional screening of the older adult. Ask questions regarding family history of nutrition related diseases (Type II Diabetes Mellitus, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, obesity, overweight, malnourishment, osteoporosis, certain cancers etc.) to evaluate and provide information in your plan that relates to this topic.

2. Include a typewritten reflection/evaluation of the completed assessment including the following information (2 pages maximum):

a. Summarize your findings from the screening tool; include relationship of genetics and nutritional screening findings and relate findings based on readings/assigned resources. Be specific to nutritional status only. Cite sources appropriately.

b. Develop a plan that will assist the elderly person to maintain or improve their nutritional status to promote wellness; including at least 2 individualized strategies to assist the elderly person to attain these goals. At least one of these strategies must be considered an “integrative (complementary or alternative; not directly related to nutrition) modality.” Provide rationale for how these strategies will promote nutritional health. Cite sources appropriately.

Example: Individualized strategies may include incorporating foods enjoyed in easy-to-prepare methods, involving family in the food preparation process, or encouraging a favorite activity to promote physical activity. Be creative here and specific to the individual needs of the client.

3. Follow APA format; including cover page and separate page of reference. Be sure all of your in-text citations are fully cited in your reference.

4. Submit your typewritten assignment, with attached rubric, to the NURS 2750 D2L Dropbox. You must submit the completed 1 page MNA. Do not include the elder’s name; but you must include all the other data

Course: NURS 2750 Nutrition and the Role of the Professional Nurse

Title of Assignment: Nutritional Screening Grading Rubric

College Guiding Principles:

· Clear Thinking: thinking through reasoning, creating, and reflecting

· Accepting Diversity: understanding and respecting individuals and local, regional, national, and global communities

Program Student Learning Outcome:

· #7: Practice holistic, evidenced based nursing care including diverse and underserved individuals, families, and communities.

Competency Addressed:

· #7K: Develop a beginning understanding of complementary and alternative modalities and their role in health care.

Course Outcomes/Upon completion of this assignment, the student will:

· CO #1: Apply theories and concepts from the arts and sciences to provide prevention-based nutritional care of clients.

· CO #5: Assess protective and predictive factors, including genetics, which influence the nutritional health of individuals, families and communities.

· CO #7: Identify integrative modalities and their role in nutritional health.

	Exemplary	Proficient	Developing	Unacceptable	Comments	Total Points
	11.04 - 12	10.2 – 11.05	9.36 – 10.19	0 – 9.35
Completion of Nutritional Assessment Screening Tool	Completes screening tool with accuracy. All areas of the assessment are completed.	Completes screening tool. All areas of the assessment are completed with minor errors.	Completes screening tool. Missing minimal information and/or the assessment tool is not accurately completed.	Screening tool is not completed and/or multiples areas of the tool are incomplete and/or inaccurately completed.
	11.04 - 12	10.2 – 11.05	9.36 – 10.19	0 – 9.35
Summary-Relevance to and application of class readings, outside sources, and prior personal experiences	Clear referencing and strong linkages/ integration between learning resources, including class readings, outside references, and prior personal experiences. Concepts from multiple sources incorporated into summary that exemplify a high level of understanding of readings and assessment tool and includes relationship of genetics/genomics.	Clear referencing of class readings or outside sources with obvious linkages noted between readings, outside resources, or personal experiences. Very clear that the readings were understood and incorporated both in accurate completion of assessment and summary of assessment. Includes relationship of genetics/genomics.	Cites class reading or outside relevant source or experience; some linkage of readings to outside resources or personal experiences. Some evidence that readings were done, understood, and incorporated into completion of assessment and summary of assessment. Student does not clearly relate genetics/genomics to findings.	Minimal references to any sources or experiences; demonstration of beginning understanding of course readings / materials. Summary is largely personal opinions or feelings without support from relevant, resources. Unclear whether readings were done and/or understood. Student does not address genetics/genomics.
	11.04 - 12	10.2 – 11.05	9.36 – 10.19	0 – 9.35
Plan of Care / Individualized strategies 2 of them	Plan clearly assists the elderly person to maintain or improve nutritional status. Includes individualized and integrative strategies to assist the elderly person to maintain or improve nutritional status/promote wellness.	Plan clearly assists the elderly person to maintain or improve nutritional status, but does not include individualized or integrative strategies to assist the elderly person maintain or improve nutritional status/promote wellness.	Plan to assist the elderly person to maintain or improve nutritional status is not clear and/or does not include individualized or integrative strategies to assist the elderly person maintain or improve nutritional status/promote wellness.	Plan to assists the elderly person to maintain or improve nutritional status is not clear or not completed and/or does not include personalized or integrative strategies to assist the elderly person to maintain or improve nutritional status/promote wellness.
	4	3.5	3	0 – 2.99
Use of APA	Document complies with APA format and guidelines with very rare error.	Correctly applies APA document formatting. Literature citations are in correct APA format. May be occasional error in APA style.	Correctly applies APA document formatting guidelines. Literature citations are in correct APA format. May have some errors in citations.	Multiple errors in APA document formatting. Literature citations do not use correct APA format.

Total Points _________/40___