dietary journal

Dietary Journal Assignment Guidelines

PURPOSE

This assignment
provides students the opportunity to apply knowledge regarding a low sodium
diet education. A low sodium diet is considered 2.3g or 2300mg sodium limit per
day. Through journaling their own experience, the students will be able to
discuss barriers that were encountered and reflect upon their feelings so they
can empathize with patients who must deal with low sodium diet restrictions as
a part of their everyday life.

COURSE
OUTCOMES

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

CO #2 – Participate in health maintenance and
health restoration activities as member of the health care team.

CO #3 – Demonstrate effective communication
skills necessary for collaboration with other health team members and for
providing professional nursing care to adult patients and their families.

CO #4 – Apply critical thinking strategies to
make good clinical decisions in adult patient clinical settings.

REQUIREMENTS

1. In preparation for
the dietary journal, answer the following questions in your paper:

  a. Discuss what “My Plate” consists of; how the idea was
conceived; how it is utilized.

  b. Do you think “My Plate” is an important concept for
people to understand? Why or why not?

  c. Find a research article about low sodium diet and
discuss the findings of the article in your paper. (Print abstract from article
and attach to paper.)

2. Student will keep track
of all foods/beverages consumed:

  a. Day one (1) student will eat what they would normally
eat in day.

  b. Day two (2) student will eat a low sodium diet,
meaning a maximum 2.3g or 2300mg sodium/day.

c.
Daily tracking will be done through https://www.supertracker.usda.gov/foodtracker.aspx
(You do not have to set up a profile to use tracker.) or you may use www.myfitnesspal.com.

2. After completion of
both days of journaling, student will answer following reflective questions in
paragraph form, NOT question and
answer.

a. As the nurse instructing a
client on a low Sodium diet, what information would you share with the client
based upon your experience?

b. What did you learn in regards
to shopping at the grocery store for healthy foods that you could share to
benefit your clients’ education? (i.e. food labels, store set up, etc.)

c. What type of financial
considerations did you encounter? Or should a client expect to encounter?

d. Discuss what you learned in
regards to the use of salt substitutes? What do you need to educate in regards
to any medications?

e. How did changing your diet so
drastically affect your life and what did you do to compensate for the changes?

f. Will you continue with this
diet? Why or why not?

GradingCriteria

1. Grading is based on
completed journal entries and completely answering reflective questions.

2. Tracking results
will be screenshot and attached to the paper (fitness pal)

3. Papers, pre and post
questions, will be written in APA format. Paper must have a title and reference
page. Please refer to 6^th ed. APA manual for formatting questions.