Assessing Nutritional Status

*Please include 3 Scholarly reference within 5 years
*Rubric guidelines attached to files
*Minimum 2 FULL pages ..

6. The Summary must include the following headings (see rubric 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
b. Article Search (25 Points)
• Current (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?
• 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

Main Topic: Evaluating nutritional status.
Articles for review:
• Vereecken, C., Covents, M., Maes, L., & Moyson, T. (2013). 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. Public Health Nutrition, 16(1), 15-26.
doi:10.1017/S1368980012003448.
• Vyncke, K, Cruz, Fernandez E., Fajó-Pascual, M., Cuenca-García, M., De Keyzer, W., Gonzalez-Gross. M., Moreno, L., Beghin, L., Breidenassel, C., Kersting, M., Albers, U., Diethelm, K., Mouratidou, T., Grammatikaki, E., Vriedt, T., Marcos, A., Bammann, K., Bornhortst, C., Leclercq, C., Manios, Y….Huybrechts, I. (2013). Validation of the diet quality index for adolescents by comparison with biomarkers, nutrient and food intakes: the HELENA study. British Journal of Nutrition, 109(11), 2067-78. doi:10.1017/S000711451200414X.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Introduction and Key Points
Proper nutrition is critical for proper health and growth of any organism. For human beings and particularly patients, exploring possible nutritional risk is an important step towards providing proper nutritional remedies. Nutritional assessment status is thus an important component of delivery of quality care among patients. Therefore, the chosen topic for this task is assessing nutritional status and the chosen question for the analysis of the topic is “what are some of the methods that can be used to assess nutritional status? The question seeks to explore some of the mechanisms that are used to evaluate the…