Nursing’s 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.
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
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.
Only PDF or Word files will
be accepted.
Rubric is provided in the screenshots.