ATI #3: Skills Module Guidelines: Nutrition Feeding and Eating

PURPOSE:

To encourage critical thinking, problem solving, and collaboration through the use of evidence based practice (EBP) studies.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes.

1. Examine the sources of knowledge that contribute to professional nursing practice.
2. Apply research principles to the interpretation of the content of published research studies.
3. Identify ethical issues common to research involving human subjects. 
4. Evaluate published nursing research for credibility and clinical significance related to evidence-based practice.
5. Recognize the role of research findings in evidence-based practice.

DUE DATE:

• Week #6, Sun. by 11:59pm: Submit in Unit 6, ATI SKILLS MODULE in CANVAS
• Please submit by clicking “Module” for Unit 6 where the “Turnitin” function is implemented (NOT via clicking Grade for Unit 6)
• The College’s Late Assignment Policy applies to this assignment.

TOTAL POSSIBLE POINTS: 150 Points

Preparing the Assignment:

View and read any relevant resource material that could help you better understand the concept or solve the problem(s) given. You can review the module, this is not a priority for this assignment.

• Log into ATI, Select the “Learn” tab.
• Click on Skills Modules and title “Nutrition Feeding and Eating”
• Click on the “Lesson” tab
• Open the “Evidence Based Research” tab at the top of the page.

“Turnitin” Percentage

• Less than 25 percentage: Acceptable percentage.
• Turnitin Draft Submission Box
  • Submit your draft of paper into Turnitin Draft Submission Box to check your percentage as many times as needed before you submit your final paper to designated Unit.
• If your Final paper has 25% or higher percentage, you must revise/modify your paper contents BEFORE the paper due date and time.
• If your Final paper has 25% or higher percentage AT/AFTER you submit your final paper due date and time, Academic Integrity Violation Procedures will be initiated:
• Academic Integrity Violation letter will be sent to student
• Assignment Grade will be 0 point
• The violation case will be reviewed and a further sanction will be determined by the Administrators.

Directions and Assignment Criteria

There are five main topics and five associated topics related to each main topic.

• Select ONE main topic.
• Search for ONE Primary Research study for the selected main topic and get approved by Professor.  Submit to Canvas shell after approval
• Review article to summarize the required information

TOPIC 1: Evaluating Nutritional Status: What methods can be used to assess nutritional status?

Example Studies:

• Formative evaluation of the feedback components of Children’s and Adolescent’s Nutrition Assessment and Advice on the Web (CANAA-W) among parents of schoolchildren.
• Validation of the Diet Quality Index for adolescents by comparison with biomarkers, nutrient and food intakes: the HELENA study

TOPIC 2: Identifying those at risk for malnutrition: What methods can be used to identify those at risk for malnutrition?

Example Studies:

• Beyond malnutrition screening: Appropriate methods to guide nutrition care for aged care residents
• 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
• Comparison of prevalence of malnutrition diagnosis in head and neck, gastrointestinal and lung cancer patients by three classification methods

TOPIC 3: Malnutrition associated with specific health conditions: What specific health conditions increase the risk of malnutrition?

Example Studies:

• 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.

TOPIC 4: Outcomes associated with nutritional status: What associations exist between nutritional status and health outcomes?

Example Studies:

• Role of nutritional status in predicting quality of life outcomes in cancer – a systematic review of the literature
• Nutritional support for liver disease

TOPIC 5: Interventions to improve nutritional status: What type of interventions improve adherence to recommendations on nutritional intake?

Example Study:

• Interventions to enhance adherence to dietary advice for preventing and managing chronic diseases in adults.

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT:

• Read the study and answer the required questions for each category
• Must write the paper using provided Summary Paper Format on page #3.
• Grading Rubric/Description on page 4-5

ATI #3: Skills Module Contents: Summary Paper Format

• Bold for each Heading and Subheading
• Include in-text citations for all information/contents as needed
• Summary paper MUST be written in this format

Introduction and Key Points

Chosen Topics and Question

• Select one topic and question from five main topic list

Define the Topic and Question

• How do you interpret and/or understand the topic and question you selected?

Overview/Significance of Problem

• Describe Overview and Significance of Problem of the topic and question you selected
• Include in-text citations

Article Search

Current and credible resources: List Chamberlain library Database(s) used

Database search-terms and refinement methods

Number of articles located

List additional sources outside of ATI module: List all sources you used for article search outside of ATI (CDC, American Diabetic Association, etc.)

Article Findings

Why was this article chosen?

How it addresses the topic?  State the “Purpose/Aim of Study” as the author stated in article

Type of Research conducted:

• Quantitative, Qualitative, Descriptive, or Mixed-Method study?
• Briefly describe what was done (sample, methods, measurement tools used)

Findings of Research: Comprehensively describe ALL Findings in the article (participant characteristics and Results of Study).

Evidence for Practice

Summary of Evidence

• Briefly summarize the overall purpose and findings of the research.

How will this evidence improve current practice?

• Briefly describe what the current practice is.
• Describe how this evidence improve current practice?

How will this evidence decrease a gap in current practice?

• Briefly describe difference between the current knowledge, skills, competence, practice, performance or patient outcomes and the ideal or desirable state
• Describe how this evidence decrease a gap in the practice?

Any concerns or weaknesses in the evidence/finding? (Found in Discussion)

Sharing of Evidence

Who would you share the information with? (colleagues, other disciplines, patients, families)

How would you share this information? (in-services, online education modules, health fair for patients, educate healthcare professionals)

What resources would you need to accomplish this sharing of evidence?

• List resources you may need for sharing the evidence as you stated in above 2 questions (who and how) (i.e. administrator, manager, support for materials, etc.)

Why would it be important to share this evidence with the nursing profession?

Conclusion

• Summarizes the Theme of Paper, Findings, and Key points.
• Do NOT include Conclusion/Implication on the article

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