DESCRIBE HOW THE CONCEPT OF NUTRITION PROMOTION RELATES TO YOUR FAMILY.

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DESCRIBE HOW THE CONCEPT OF NUTRITION PROMOTION RELATES TO YOUR FAMILY.

Essay Outline
A written essay on an assigned topic, with a focus on Nutrition promotion and family assessment, worth 15% of final grade.
Objectives of the Essay:
The student will demonstrate their ability to:
Research a selected topic using a variety of reliable resources.
Prepare a professionally written report in APA format, from a nursing perspective on the selected topic.
The students will be able to describe the family they will study by week #3. Students create a family scenario upon which to focus the nutritional topic.
Essay:
Look up your selected nutrition promotion family topic. Be sure you understand what you are researching.
Read the relevant chapter in your text, Potter & Perry. Look in all of your required text resources.
Research your topic using at least one professional nursing journal.
Research your topic using other reputable texts, journals and online resources. Unless they are from a classic source (ex. F. Nightingale “Notes on Nursing”), all articles/texts must be less than 5 years old. The paper must have at least 3 references.
Make notes from your research. Organize what you have learned under main headings. Review your research to answer the following questions: What does the Nurse need to assess about this family and what will she need to include in a teaching plan?
Prepare a 1 page MAX outline of your paper as your starting point for the scholarly writing process. Your final paper should be a three page paper (can be longer), (not including cover page), double spaced, Times New Roman 12pt. font on the selected topic. A short paper means you must include the most important content in a concise manner. Apply APA format. References must be included in the body of the paper and listed at the end on a reference page. APA is a large part of the intended learning for this paper so please pay attention to the details of APA.
Compare your final paper with the marking scheme in the rubric below. Make the necessary changes.
Keep a copy of your work and final submission. Submit a title page, the essay, and reference page through Dropbox.
Some Recommended Nutrition Topics
Students may write their nutrition paper passed on one of the following topics or any on the topic approved by the professor

Describe the teaching required by the nurse in order to promote and/or maintain healthy nutrition.

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1. The Introduction. This section will be one paragraph.
Opening statement:
 
Define/Describe your topic: (you will need a reference here)
 
Introduce your paper:
 
2. Discussion about Health Promotion.
Describe how the concept of nutrition promotion relates to your family. (Use statistics Canada or RNAO BPG’s for references)
 
3. Discussion about Patient Assessment.
Describe how the Nurse would assess the family.
 
What would you look for? What would you need to ask them about? How would you gather this information? Include your questions and probable answers.
 
4. Discussion about Patient Teaching.
Describe the teaching required by the nurse in order to promote and/or maintain healthy nutrition.
a.    What would the patient need to know?
b.    How would you teach this?
 
5. Conclusion. This section will be 1 paragraph.
Wrap up your paper by referring back to the intro and restate 1 main idea from each section 2, 3 & 4. No new information.
 Reference List (APA format) This is an important part of this paper please pay attention to the details of APA.

Cultural impact of posttraumatic stress disorder

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CULTURAL IMPACT OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

Read one of the articles listed below based on the topic of research you selected in Week 1.

Childhood diabetes
Cammarata, C., Meyer, K. J., Geffken, G., Felipe, D., et al. (2009). Psychosocial issues that affect youth with diabetes. American Journal of Health Education, 40(5), 277–281. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Alcohol use in adolescents
Chuang, Y.-C., Ennett, S. T., Bauman, K. E., & Foshee, V. A. (2009). Relationships of adolescents’ perceptions of parental and peer behaviors with cigarette and alcohol use in different neighborhood contexts. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 38, 1388–1398. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Skin cancer in young women
Pettijohn, T. F., , II, Pettijohn, T. F., & Geschke, K. S. (2009). Changes in sun tanning attitudes and behaviors of U.S. college students from 1995 to 2005. College Student Journal, 43(1), 161–165. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Cardiovascular disease in the minority population
Graham-Garcia, J., Raines, T. L., Andrews, J. O.,, & Mensah, G. A. (2001). Race, ethnicity, and geography: Disparities in heart disease in women of color. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 12, 56–67. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

Childhood immunizations
Findley, S. E., Irigoyen, M., Sanchez, M., Stockwell, M. S., et al. (2008). Effectiveness of a community coalition for improving child vaccination rates in New York City. American Journal of Public Health, 98, 1959–1962. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Long-term care for patients with Alzheimer’s disease
McClendon, M. J, Smyth, K. A., & Neundorfer, M. M. (2006). Long-term-care placement and survival of persons with Alzheimer’s disease. The Journals of Gerontology , 61B(4), 220-227. (see your week 2 resources area to view the article).
Cultural impact of posttraumatic stress disorder
Nayback, A.-M. (2008). Health disparities in military veterans with PTSD: Influential sociocultural factors. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing & Mental Health Services, 46(6), 43–51. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Privacy with electronic health records
Dimitropoulos, L., & Rizk, S. (2009). A state-based approach to privacy and security for interoperable health information exchange. Health Affairs, 28, 428–434. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

To complete this Application Assignment, write a 2- to 4-page paper answering the following questions:
Abstract and Citation

  • Did the title assist in identifying whether the article would pertain to your research topic? Why?
  • Does the abstract clearly summarize the main features of the article? How?

Research Question

  • Is the research problem easy to identity? Summarize the research problem.
  • What is the specific research question being asked?
  • Is the article relevant to the research question you developed? Why or why not?

Source

  • Was the article a primary or secondary source?

References

  • How many references does it include?
  • Are the references relevant and current for your research topic? Why or why not?

Content

  • What is the base perspective of the article? In other words, is it from the point of view of an administrator, health care provider, health care deliverer, politician, researcher, or educator?
  • Is the article well-organized and sufficiently detailed for critical analysis? Provide an example.
  • Describe the various sections of the article. Does it follow the standard scientific method? Why or why not?

 How could the hospital in this example have prepared its supervisors so they would have understood their proper role during the organizing campaign?

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The Case of the Misguided Supervisors

Recently, when a union sought to organize the nurses at a California hospital, the nursing supervisors, called charge nurses, didn’t understand their proper role in the process. While the union was distributing cards for the nurses to indicate their desire for a representation election, several of the charge nurses participated in the union’s meetings and decided they wanted to join. Some of these charge nurses also encouraged nurses who reported to them to support the union as well.

One month before the election, the hospital discovered that charge nurses had supported the union even though their positions in the organization qualified them as supervisors. The charge nurses stopped advocating for the union, and some even encouraged nonsupervisory nurses to vote against representation. The election went ahead, and the union won representation.

The hospital challenged the election because of the pro-union activity by the nurses. However, the NLRB and the court both upheld the union.

Questions

1.   Why would an organization care whether its supervisors speak in favor of or against union representation?

2.   How could the hospital in this example have prepared its supervisors so they would have understood their proper role during the organizing campaign?

SOURCES: National Labor Relations Boards, “The NLRB Process,” http://www.nlrb.gov, accessed May 3, 2012; National Labor Relations Board, “NLRB Representation Case Amendments Take Effect Today,” news release, April 30, 2012, http://www.nlrb.gov; Duane Morris LLP, “Two NLRB Rules Effective April 30 Affect Most Private-Sector Employers,” Mondaq Business Briefing, April 20, 2012, http://galenet.galegroup.com.This assignment is designed to integrate the reflection of personal experience, and the information covered in the textbook. Using what you have learned about Juanita, answer the following questions:

  • Should Juanita attempt to reduce voluntary and involuntary turnover?
  • A risk of disciplining employees is that some may retaliate. To avoid that risk, what organizational policies might encourage high-performing employees to stay while encouraging low-performing employees to leave?
  • To what extent are exit interviews meaningful and what kind of opinions should you attempt to capture? How are these opinions relevant to employee separation and retention?