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
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 current research 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 risk 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 recommendations on nutritional intake?
The Summary must include the following headings (see rubric for criteria under each heading):
- 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)
- Current (less than 5 years) and credible resource
- Database search – terms and methods used
- Number of articles located
- Source outside of ATI module used
- Article Findings (25 Points)
- How it addresses the topic
- Type of research conducted
- Findings of research
- Why this article was chosen
- 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?
