NURSING BS C787 (NURSING BS C787)

How much of the total healthcare expenditures is spent on preventative approaches to preventable disease? 3% Define and provide examples of prevention strategies: Primary: encourage health-enhancing behaviors by giving individuals, families, and communities ways to reduce risk factors associated with disease and injury. Ex: nutrition and weight management classes in a community center for adults, environmental changes to provide nutritious choices in a school cafeteria vending machine, an...

-Identify the differences between macronutrients and micronutrients Macro nutrients: are carbs, lipids & proteins. Provides energy needed for growth, thermoregulation, physical activity, pregnancy/lactation. Needed in larger amts than micronutrients Micro nutrients: vitamins/minerals in small amts for good health/development. Play various roles in cell metabolism. Deficiencies cause widespread health probs. -Differentiate the S/S for the following diseases: Obesity: excess consumption. I...

Identify exercise recommendations for populations - children, adults, adults with weight loss goals. What recommendations would you give a patient who would like to increase their physical activity level? Preschool (3-5): physically active throughout day Children/adolescents (6-17): 60 mins + of moderately vigorous physical activity/day Adults: some is better than none. Any amount of mod vigorous activity has health benefits Older Adults: weekly phy activity- multicomponent activity that i...

Chapter 9: "Growing a Healthier Nation: Maternal, Infant, Child, and Adolescent Nutrition with an Emphasis on Childhood Overweight" What is the recommended weight gain - based on the BMI of the woman when she became pregnant - for underweight, normal weight, overweight and obese women? Underweight women (BMI < 18.5) should gain between 28 and 40 pounds BMI 18.5–24.9 should gain between 25 and 35 pounds during pregnancy Overweight women (BMI 25–29.9) should gain between 15 and 20 p...

Unit 7: Nutrition and Global Health Environments Reading: Chapter 17: "Leveraging Nutrition Education Through the Public Health Team" Reading: Questions to Ask Before Taking Supplements Explain how you would help a patient decide whether they should or should not take a dietary supplement. They can provide overall dietary guidance for different diet-related disorders and refer the patient to the nutritionist for more detailed and specific information on the dietary modifications recomme...

Unit 6: Safety and Security of Food (Keeping Foods Safe/Eliminating Global Hunger) (Cohort 4 Video) Reading: Chapter 14: "Safeguarding and Securing the Food Supply" What are common routes of transmission and S/S for foodborne illnesses such as the bacterial contaminants Campylobacter, E. coli, Listeria, Shigella, Yersinia, Vibrio, Salmonella; the viral contaminants such as norovirus and hepatitis A and other microbial parasites such as Trichinella and Cryptosporidium. Campylobacter- und...

Unit 2: Nutrition to Support Wellness Reading: Macronutrients -Identify the differences between macronutrients and micronutrients Macro nutrients: are carbs, lipids & proteins. Provides energy needed for growth, thermoregulation, physical activity, pregnancy/lactation. Needed in larger amts than micronutrients Micro nutrients: vitamins/minerals in small amts for good health/development. Play various roles in cell metabolism. Deficiencies cause widespread health probs. -Differentiate the...

Unit 3: Healthy Nutritional Choices (Cohort 1 Video) Reading: Chapter 10: Importance of Public Health Nutrition Programs in Preventing Disease “It appears that the increasing trend of overweight and obesity will likely overtake tobacco as the leading preventable cause of mortality in the United States” What are the primary diseases associated with poor diet and lifestyle? CAD, stroke, HTNs, diabetes, arthritis r/t disabilities, sleep apnea, gallbladder disease & some cancers How much ...