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Skills Module: Nutrition, Feeding, & Eating Guidelines
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Purpose
To encourage critical thinking, problem solving, and collaboration through the use of evidence-based practice studies.
Course outcomes: This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes.
CO 1: Examine the sources of knowledge that contribute to professional nursing practice. (PO 7)
CO 2: Apply research principles to the interpretation of the content of published research studies. (POs 4 and 8)
CO 3: Identify ethical issues common to research involving human subjects. (PO 6)
CO 4: Evaluate published nursing research for credibility and clinical significance related to evidence-based practice.
(POs 4 and 8)
CO 5: Recognize the role of research findings in evidence-based practice. (POs 7 and 8)
Due date: Your faculty member will inform you when this assignment is due. The Late Assignment Policy applies to
this assignment.
Total points possible: 150 points
Preparing the assignment
Follow these guidelines when completing this assignment. Speak with your faculty member if you have questions.
1. Computer with internet access.
2. Recommend using Firefox
owser and clearing your cookies and cache if you are accessing ATI on laptop or desktop
computer.
3. Log into ATI and select the “Learn” tab. Click on Skills Modules and title “Nutrition, Feeding, and Eating.” Click on
the “lesson” tab and then open the “Evidence-Based Research” tab at the top of the page.
4. There are five (5) main topics and the accompanying studies identified under the Evidence-Based Practice tab. You
may review the entire module, but this is not a priority for this assignment. The main topics and accompanying
studies are listed in the table below.
Main Topic: Evaluating nutritional status
Articles for review:
• Formative evaluation of the feedback component of
Children's and Adolescents' Nutrition Assessment
and Advice on the Web (CANAA-W) among parents
of school children
• Validation of the Diet Quality Index for adolescents
y comparison with biomarkers, nutrient and food
intakes: the HELENA study
Choose one of the main topics from the left column
and then identify one study under that topic.
Read the study chosen and answer one of the topic
questions listed below. Create a 2-3 page summary
which supports the topic question. Provide a cu
ent
esearch article (less than 5 years). The 2-3 page limit
does not include title and reference pages.
• What methods can be used to assess nutritional
status?
• What methods can be used to identify those at
isk for malnutrition?
• What specific health conditions increase the risk
of malnutrition?
• What associations exist between nutritional
status and health outcomes?
• What type of interventions improve adherence to
ecommendations on nutritional intake?
Main Topic: Identifying those at risk for malnutrition
Articles for review:
• Beyond malnutrition screening: Appropriate
methods to guide nutrition care for aged care
esidents
• Population-specific short-form mini nutritional
assessment with body mass index or calf
circumference can predict risk of malnutrition in
community-living or institutionalized elderly people
in Taiwan
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• Comparison of the prevalence of malnutrition
diagnosis in head and neck, gastrointestinal and lung
cancer patients by three classification methods
Main Topic: Malnutrition associated with specific health
conditions
Articles for review:
• Malnutrition in a sample of community-dwelling
people with Parkinson's disease
• Nutritional risk index as a predictor of postoperative
wound complications after gastrectomy
• Risk of malnutrition is associated with mental health
symptoms in community living elderly men and
women: The Tromso Study
Main Topic: Outcomes associated with nutritional status
Articles for review:
• Role of nutritional status in predicting quality of life
outcomes in cancer – a systematic review of the
literature
• Nutritional support for liver disease
Main Topic: Interventions to improve nutritional status
Articles for review:
• Interventions to enhance adherence to dietary
advice for preventing and managing chronic diseases
in adults
5. The Summary must include the following headings (see ru
ic for criteria under each heading):
a. Introduction and Key Points (10 Points)
• Choose one of the assigned topics and identifies one of the questions
• Defines the topic and question
• States why it is a problem
• Information presented in logical sequence
. Article Search (25 Points)
• Cu
ent (less than 5 years) and credible resource
• Database search - terms and methods used
• Number of articles located
• Source outside of ATI module used
c. Article Findings (25 Points)
• How it addresses the topic
• Type of research conducted
• Findings of research
• Why this article was chosen
d. Evidence for Practice (25 Points)
• Summary of evidence
• How it will improve practice
• How this evidence will decrease a gap to practice
• Any concerns or weaknesses located in the evidence
e. Sharing of Evidence (25 Points)
• Who would you share the information with?
• How would you share this information?
• What resources would you need to accomplish this sharing of evidence?
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• Why would it be important to share this evidence with the nursing profession?
f. Conclusion (20 Points)
• Summarizes the theme of the paper
• Information presented in logical sequence
• All key points addressed
• Conclusion shows depth of understanding of topic
g. APA Style (10 Points)
• APA style used properly for citations
• APA style used properly for references
• APA style used properly for quotations
• All references are cited, and all citations have references
*NOTE: Must adhere to cu
ent APA guidelines and formatting.
h. Writing Mechanics (10 Points)
• No spelling e
ors
• No grammatical e
ors, including ve
tense and word usage
• No writing e
ors, including sentence structure, and formatting
• Must be all original work
6. Your instructor will provide guidance on the best way to submit this assignment.
For writing assistance (APA, formatting, or grammar), visit the APA Citation and Writing page in the online li
ary.
Please note that your instructor may provide you with additional assessments in any form to determine that you fully
understand the concepts learned in the review module.
https:
li
ary.chamberlain.edu/APA
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Grading Ru
ic Criteria are met when the student’s application of knowledge demonstrates achievement of the outcomes for this assignment.
Assignment Section and
Required Criteria
(Points possible/% of total points available)
Highest Level of
Performance
High Level of
Performance
Satisfactory
Level of
Performance
Unsatisfactory
Level of
Performance
Section not
present in paper
Introduction and Key Points (10 points) 10 points 8 points 7 points 4 points 0 points
Required criteria
1. Choose one of the assigned topics and identifies one of the
questions
2. Defines the topic and question
3. States why it is a problem
4. Information presented in logical sequence
Includes 4
equirements for
section.
Includes 3
equirements for
section.
Includes 2
equirements for
section.
Includes 1
equirement for
section.
No requirements
for this section
presented.
Article Search (25 points) 25 points 22 points 20 points 10 points 0 points
Required criteria
1. Cu
ent (less than 5 years) and credible resource
2. Database search - terms and methods used
3. Number of articles located
4. Source outside of ATI module used
Includes 4
equirements for
section.
Includes 3
equirements for
section.
Includes 2
equirements for
section.
Includes 1
equirement for
section.
No requirements
for this section
presented.
Article Findings (25 points) 25 points 22 points 20 points 10 points 0 points
Required criteria
1. How it addresses the topic
2. Type of research conducted
3. Findings of research
4. Why this article was chosen
Includes 4
equirements for
section.
Includes 3
equirements for
section.
Includes 2
equirements for
section.
Includes 1
equirement for
section.
No requirements
for this section
presented.
Evidence for Practice (25 points) 25 points 22 points 20 points 10 points 0 points
Required Criteria
1. Summary of evidence
2. How it will improve practice
3. How this evidence will decrease a gap to practice
4. Any concerns or weaknesses located in the evidence
Includes 4
equirements for
section.
Includes 3
equirements for
section.
Includes 2
equirements for
section.
Includes 1
equirement for
section.
No requirements
for this section
presented.
Sharing of Evidence (25 points) 25 points 22 points 20 points 10 points 0 points
Required Criteria
1. Who would you share the information with?
Includes 4
equirements for
Includes 3
equirements for
Includes 2
equirements for
Includes 1
equirement for
No requirements
for this section
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Assignment Section and
Required Criteria
(Points possible/% of total points available)
Highest Level of
Performance
High Level of
Performance
Satisfactory
Level of
Performance
Unsatisfactory
Level of
Performance
Section not
present in paper
2. How would you share this information?
3. What resources would you need to accomplish this sharing of
evidence?
4. Why would it be important to share this evidence with the
nursing profession?
section.
section.
section.
section.
presented.
Conclusion (20 points) 20 points 18 points 17 points 10 points 0 points
Required Criteria
1. Summarizes the theme of the paper
2. Information presented in logical sequence
3. All key points addressed
4. Conclusion shows depth of understanding of topic
Includes 4
equirements for
section.
Includes 3
equirements for