Holistic Nutritional assignment

Description
The assignment is worth 200 points or 20% of the overall course grade.
Perform a thorough nutritional assessment including anthropometric, biochemical, medications, clinical, dietary data, and medical-psychosocial history. Utilize at least two scholarly resources to support your interpretation of findings, outcomes, goals, and interventions.
Review the grading rubric below for required elements of the assignment. Submit the assignment by 11:59 PM MT Sunday of week 5.
This assignment focuses on:
CO3: Assess nutritional requirements for diverse patient populations including development level, health status,
gender, cultural diversity, and belief systems (PO7)
Key Concepts: Nutritional Assessment
Role of Culture, Religion, and Growth and Development in nutrition
Instructions
1. Choose an individual to assess (does not have to be a patient, cannot be yourself, but can be a family member, friend, co-worker, etc.).
2. Utilize the table to document nutritional assessment.
3. Perform nutritional history.
4. Perform physical assessment related to nutritional assessment.
5. If available include any laboratory data relevant to the nutritional assessment.
6. Thoroughly document nutritional findings.
7. Interpret the assessment data and prepare 2 nutritional outcomes or goals. Outcomes or goals should be measurable, attainable, specific, and patient centered.
8. Include at least one intervention for each of your outcomes or goals.
9. Support your interpretation of the findings, outcomes or goals, and interventions with at least 2 scholarly resources.
10. 80/20 Rule Compliance
11. APA 7th edition format required.

Assessment Criteria
Assessment Findings / Data
Interpretation of Data for Nutritional Needs
Age and growth/development stage
Anthropometric: Height, Weight, BMI, Recent weight changes
Biochemical and Medications: (list any laboratory information available) No tests are required, but if available include. Include both prescription and over-the-counter drugs.
Clinical: Physical signs and symptoms of malnutrition observed in the patient
Dietary Data: Question present diet (see page 9 of text)
Medical-Psychosocial History: (see below)
24 hour diet recall
Allergies
Supplements (vitamins, minerals, herbal, or other)
Patients concerns about food or nutrition
Person preparing meals and food safety practices related to food preparation
Alcohol consumption
Economics related to food intake
Psychological factors affecting nutrition
Medical factors affecting nutrition
Social factors related to nutrition (culture, religion, barriers, knowledge base)
Nutritional Outcome or Goal #1
Interventions for outcome or goal #1
Nutritional Outcome or Goal #2
Interventions for outcome or goal #2
References-7th edition APA Format

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