NN 202 - Nutrition for Health Care Professionals

Interactivity: Weekly Discussion Boards

Final Assessment: Community Based Learning (CBL) Project

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

• describe multiple factors that influence nutritional intake, and identify the essential nutrients required for optimal health. Analyze those factors that impact your own selection;
• identify the energy-producing nutrients and include the key roles of each in the body;
• describe the functions of vitamins, minerals, and water, and identify significant dietary sources, deficiency and toxicity symptoms. Evaluate consumption patterns and potential impact on disease prevention;
• identify the parameters of nutritional assessment used for healthy individuals, and include those parameters used for individuals stressed by illness;
• describe the basic processes involved in the digestion, absorption, and metabolism of food;
• apply the special nutrient requirements of individuals at various stages in the life cycle to case study scenarios and discussion questions;
• identify appropriate nutritional interventions to various diseases or conditions within case studies or discussion questions;
• recognize the significance of nutrition as it impacts health and health care delivery; and
• recognize the potential impact of food insecurity on individuals and community health and identify resources and challenges that health care systems and practitioners face in care of patients as a result of food insecurity.

 

Credits: 3