Week 7: Nutrition Education Project: Brochure

Nursings primary focus is on the promotion of wellness and disease prevention. In this assignment you will develop and implement a patient educational brochure to educate your patient on the nutritional considerations of a specific disease process. Use any type of publisher software you choose to create your brochure. Information must be in the form of a patient educational brochure.

Need help? Here’s a YouTube video on creating a trifold brochure:

Video example: https://youtu.be/2-wuhi2W-Yc

1. Develop a trifold instructional brochure on the nutritional aspects of one of the disorders below:

• Type 2 Diabetes
• Hypertension
• Coronary Artery Disease
• Chronic Kidney Disease
• Cancer
• HIV/AIDS

1. Include in your brochure all points below:

• Explanation of the pathophysiology of the disorder. Provide 4 risk factors OR 4 symptoms of the disorder.
• Two common, specific medications (not classifications of medications) used for the disorder. Explain how medications work to treat the disorder. Include 3 nutritional considerations for each medication. (Example: food interactions, foods to avoid, foods to take with medication).
• Identify an evidence-based diet to prevent or reduce the incidence of the disorder.
• Include at least 3 specific foods that should be included in the diet, provide rational for why foods should be included in the diet for this disease process.
• Include at least 3 specific foods that should be avoided in the diet, provide rational for why the foods should be excluded from the diet for disease process.
• Examples of Evidence-based diets:
• Dash diet
• Mediterranean diet
• Low carb diet
• Low sodium diet
• Low fat diet
• Modified fiber and bland diet
• Protein restricted
• High protein diet
• Include the information for at least 2 patient resources. One resource on the evidence-based diet and 1 resource on the disorder. Include name of organization and URL for the citation.
• Include images or clipart to support your information. Trifold brochure should look professional.
• Include at least 2 evidence-based references (less than 5 years old) included in your brochure to support your information. Proper use of in-text citations and references in APA Style. References must be on brochure.