Essay Outline A written essay on an assigned topic, with a focus on Nutrition promotion and family assessment, worth 15% of final grade. Objectives of the Essay: The student will demonstrate their ability to: 1. Research a selected topic using a variety of reliable resources. 2. Prepare a professionally written report in APA format, from a nursing perspective on the selected topic. The students will be able to describe the family they will study by week #3. Students create a family scenario upon which to focus the nutritional topic. Essay: 1. Look up your selected nutrition promotion family topic. Be sure you understand what you are researching. 2. Read the relevant chapter in your text, Potter & Perry. Look in all of your required text resources. 3. Research your topic using at least one professional nursing journal. 4. Research your topic using other reputable texts, journals and online resources. Unless they are from a classic source (ex. F. Nightingale “Notes on Nursing”), all articles/texts must be less than 5 years old. The paper must have at least 3 references. 5. Make notes from your research. Organize what you have learned under main headings. Review your research to answer the following questions: What does the Nurse need to assess about this family and what will she need to include in a teaching plan? 6. Prepare a 1 page MAX outline of your paper as your starting point for the scholarly writing process. Your final paper should be a three page paper (can be longer), (not including cover page), double spaced, Times New Roman 12pt. font on the selected topic. A short paper means you must include the most important content in a concise manner. Apply APA format. References must be included in the body of the paper and listed at the end on a reference page. APA is a large part of the intended learning for this paper so please pay attention to the details of APA. 7. Compare your final paper with the marking scheme in the rubric below. Make the necessary changes. 8. Keep a copy of your work and final submission. Submit a title page, the essay, and reference page through Dropbox. Some Recommended Nutrition Topics Students may write their nutrition paper passed on one of the following topics or any on the topic approved by the professor 1. Obesity in Adults 2. Celiac disease 3. Diabetes 4. Breastfeeding mothers 5. Toddlers who are poor eaters 6. Athletes and nutrition 7. Nutrition during pregnancy 8. Nutrition Concerns for Geriatrics 9. Cost saving and nutrition 10. Obesity in Children Essay Outline Create a Title Page in APA Format 1. The Introduction. This section will be one paragraph. Opening statement: Define/Describe your topic: (you will need a reference here) Introduce your paper: 2. Discussion about Health Promotion. Describe how the concept of nutrition promotion relates to your family. (Use statistics Canada or RNAO BPG’s for references) 3. Discussion about Patient Assessment. Describe how the Nurs ...

1. Essay Outline
A written essay on an assigned topic, with a focus on Nutrition
promotion and family assessment, worth 15% of final grade.
Objectives of the Essay:
The student will demonstrate their ability to:
1. Research a selected topic using a variety of reliable
resources.
2. Prepare a professionally written report in APA format, from a
nursing perspective on the selected topic.
The students will be able to describe the family they will study
by week #3. Students create a family scenario upon which to
focus the nutritional topic.
Essay:
1. Look up your selected nutrition promotion family topic. Be
sure you understand what you are researching.
2. Read the relevant chapter in your text, Potter & Perry. Look
in all of your required text resources.
3. Research your topic using at least one professional nursing
journal.
4. Research your topic using other reputable texts, journals and
online resources. Unless they are from a classic source (ex. F.
Nightingale “Notes on Nursing”), all articles/texts must be less
than 5 years old. The paper must have at least 3 references.
5. Make notes from your research. Organize what you have
learned under main headings. Review your research to answer
the following questions: What does the Nurse need to assess
about this family and what will she need to include in a
teaching plan?
6. Prepare a 1 page MAX outline of your paper as your starting

2. point for the scholarly writing process. Your final paper should
be a three page paper (can be longer), (not including cover
page), double spaced, Times New Roman 12pt. font on the
selected topic. A short paper means you must include the most
important content in a concise manner. Apply APA format.
References must be included in the body of the paper and listed
at the end on a reference page. APA is a large part of the
intended learning for this paper so please pay attention to the
details of APA.
7. Compare your final paper with the marking scheme in the
rubric below. Make the necessary changes.
8. Keep a copy of your work and final submission. Submit a
title page, the essay, and reference page through Dropbox.
Some Recommended Nutrition Topics
Students may write their nutrition paper passed on one of the
following topics or any on the topic approved by the professor
1. Obesity in Adults
2. Celiac disease
3. Diabetes
4. Breastfeeding mothers
5. Toddlers who are poor eaters
6. Athletes and nutrition
7. Nutrition during pregnancy
8. Nutrition Concerns for Geriatrics
9. Cost saving and nutrition
10. Obesity in Children

3. Essay Outline
Create a Title Page in APA Format
1. The Introduction. This section will be one paragraph.
Opening statement:
Define/Describe your topic: (you will need a reference here)
Introduce your paper:
2. Discussion about Health Promotion.
Describe how the concept of nutrition promotion relates to your
family. (Use statistics Canada or RNAO BPG’s for references)
3. Discussion about Patient Assessment.
Describe how the Nurse would assess the family.
What would you look for? What would you need to ask them
about? How would you gather this information? Include your
questions and probable answers.
4. Discussion about Patient Teaching.
Describe the teaching required by the nurse in order to promote
and/or maintain healthy nutrition.
a. What would the patient need to know?
b. How would you teach this?
5. Conclusion. This section will be 1 paragraph.
Wrap up your paper by referring back to the intro and restate 1
main idea from each section 2, 3 & 4. No new information.

4. Reference List (APA format) This is an important part of this
paper please pay attention to the details of APA.
Essay Rubric (15% of final grade)
Criteria
Possible Mark
Actual
Ideas & Content
· Identifies and briefly describes the topic and family situation
(2)
· Identifies nutrition promotion related to the family (2)
· Clearly discusses the assessment required by a nurse (3)
· Clearly discusses the teaching required by the nurse in order
to promote and/or maintain healthy nutrition (3)
10
Organization
· Contains an introduction to the paper & conclusion which
relate to each other and to the body of the paper (1)
· Paragraphs are well-organized in a logical sequence with
effective transitions from one to the next (2)
· Student discussion is clear (2)
· Application of research is clear and APA in text referenced in
the paper (5)
10
Format

5. · APA style (Correct Margins, spacing, running head and Page
numbering) as well as title page and reference page in correct
APA format (12)
· Within required length Minimum 3 pages (1)
· Free of grammar, spelling & punctuation errors (3)
· References include a professional nursing journal source (1)
· Minimum of 3 professional references in total (3)
20
Total Marks
40
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Exhibit: II
Benetton’s famous advertisements
Picture 1
Globe Campaign (1986)
Picture 2
Israeli and Arab (1987)

6. Picture 3
A black hand and a white hand linked by handcuff
(1989)
Picture 4
Black and White Hand (1990)
Picture 6
War Cemetery (1991)
Picture 5
An angelic-looking white child embracing a black
one whose hair shaped into devil's horns created a
lot of consternation among Black groups in the US
(1991)
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Picture 7
Tongues (1991). In the Middle East, this image was
considered pornographic. Picture 8
Girl with Doll (1992)

7. Picture 9
A bird stuck in an oil slick (1992)
Picture 10
Killing in Kosovo (1992)
Picture 11
A boat overcrowded with Albanians (1992)
Picture 12
A man (David Kirby) dying of AIDS surrounded
by his family members (1992)
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Picture 13
An empty electric chair for execution (1992)
Picture 14
Bosnia Soldier (1994)
Picture 16
Food for Life (2003)

8. Picture 15
Faces of AIDS (1994)
Source: www.benetton.com
Picture 17
Food for Peace (2003). Morno, 60, and Rose, 22 fought
on opposite sides of the Civil war in Sierra Leone Food
aid encouraged the disarmament process and they and
other ex- combatants, now receive rations while
retraining as tailors.
Picture 18
Food For Work (2003). Bagmina, 15, is now free to
find work in Kabul, Food aid supports her while she

9. looks for a job.