NS335-Unit 6

NS335 | Nutrition for Special Populations

Assignment Introduction Script | Unit 6 The Unit 6 Assignment focuses on a severely ill patient suffering from HIV. Advances in medical treatment for HIV have shown massive improvements over the past 20 years.

Although many nutrition professionals may never come across a patient with HIV or AIDS, many of the symptoms of HIV or AIDS patients are similar to those suffered from other critical diseases. Examples would include cancer, GI disorders, serious infections, and many more.

For this Assignment, it is advised that you conduct your research and write your essay prior to drafting up your nutrition care plan for the patient.

The nutrition care plan is an important part of the Assignment and is worth 20 points. Please refer to Chapter 11 and tables 11-3 and 11-4 for more guidance.

The “A” or Assessment part of the note should include information relating to the nutrition and medical background of the patient. This may include things like: age, height, weight, medical diagnosis, medical history which may include other diagnoses, labs, medicines, any gastrointestinal issues, and the current diet order and intake amount.

For the “D” or Diagnosis part of the note, be sure to focus on the most important or MAIN issue that the patient is facing when you are writing your chart note. Once you identify the main problem of the patient, then you can choose a matching nutrition diagnosis term from Table 11-4 in your text.

PES is the structure for the Nutrition Diagnosis sentence. The “p” stands for problem. For this piece, choose an appropriate phrase from Table 11-4 in your text.

Then, the “E” stands for etiology. This is the reason for or source of the nutrition problem. This is usually the medical diagnosis of the patient or something that is causing the nutrition problem.

Lastly, the S represents Signs and Symptoms. This is the “evidence” or “proof” that the nutrition diagnosis is true and accurate. These are usually things like weight status, lab data, and subjective information including meal consumption and family reports.

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NS335 | Nutrition for Special Populations

“I” is for the Intervention part of the note. This is where you design a plan to address the nutrition diagnosis/problem. Basically, this is what should be done to address the nutrition problem. Topics to include may be: diet education, estimated calorie and protein needs, change in diet order, and recommendations for nutrition support like enteral, parenteral, or oral supplements.

“M/E” is for the Monitoring and Evaluation part of the note. This is where you include information regarding your plans for follow up and evaluating the progress of your patient towards the goals.

Upon completion of this Assignment you will have a better understanding of how medical complications can profoundly influence the nutritional status of a patient. Please refer to the Assignment directions for details on the format of the Assignment.

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