ATI COMPREHENSIVE NURSING – NUTRITION & BIOCHEM - NEW VERSION SUMMARY 2023-2024
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL INTRODUCTORY TRAINING
THEME UNDERSTANDING
... [Show More] CELLULAR FUNCTIONS & BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSS OF NUTRIENTS
TOPIC INTRODUCTION TO HUAMAN NUTRITION & BASIC BIOCHEMISTRY
TRAINING HOURS 44HRS
SUB TOPICS • Concepts to Nutrition & biochemistry
• Periodic table and chemicals of life
• Importance of learning Nutrition & biochemistry
• Bio molecules-classifications, structure & properties
• Metabolisms-lipids, CHO, proteins
• Nutritional and biochemical disorders
BROAD OBJECTIVE The learners to fully understand the biochemical’s of life, their functions, structural formula metabolism and disorders resulting from improper metabolism.
KEY COMPETENCIES
• The learners should be able to understand the uses and application of Nutrition & biochemistry in everyday life.
• Learners should be able to understand classification of nutrients and main food sources.
• The learners should be able to describe the structures and functions of organic compounds.
• The learners should be able to describe the metabolic pathways of organic compounds and the metabolic disorders associated with each compound.
LEARNING PROCESS Pretest
Introductory Activity
Peer discussion
Tutorial
Plenary
Study questions
1. Define the following terms:
Food
Diet
Nutrient
Biochemistry
Nutrition
Composition
Balanced diet
Health
2. State the importance of
Good nutrition in our body
Biochemistry
3. For each classification of nutrients outline the following
Class of Nutrient
Food sources
Specific dietary functions
4. Explain factors affecting individuals nutrients needs.
5. List down essential elements of life
6. describe the structure of simple form of nutrients
Monosaccharides i.e. Glucose, Fructose and galactose
Amino acid
Glycerol & Fatty acid
7. What do the following metabolic pathway mean
Glycolysis
Glucogenesis
Gluconeogenesis
Glycogenesis
Glycogenolysis
Transamination
Deamination
Decarboxylation
Urea cycle
Assignments
To be posted on mElimu
Study methods
Self-directed learning Tutorials
Small group learning Demonstration
Lecture Plenary presentation
Skills lab Others
Reference materials
BIOCHEMISTRY,1993(Robert K. el al)
General Organic and Biochemistry 2007(Katherine.J.Dennis et al)
Marks’ essentials of medical biochemistry
Anatomy and Physiology Ross & Wilson
The structure and function of large biological molecules pdf (Melimu)
Student self-assessment How would you rate your acquired knowledge , skills and attitude ( where applicable 0 using the scale:
0=very poor, 1=poor, 2=fair, 3=good, 4=excellent.
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