Title: Identify nutrients essential for optimal health and wellness.
Course: Practical Nursing I (14052-I) > Section: Explaining Principles of Anatomy and Physiology

Identification should include

- characteristics of nutritional status
- carbohydrates
- protein
- fat
- vitamins
- minerals
- water.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How can the characteristics of good nutrition and poor nutrition be described?
- What are the characteristics of carbohydrates, including their chemical composition, functions, food sources, requirements, classification, and deficiency/excessive disorders?
- What are the characteristics of protein, including their chemical composition, functions, classification, food sources, requirements, and deficiency and excessive disorders?
- What are the characteristics of fats, including their chemical composition, functions, classification, food sources, requirements, and deficiency and excessive disorders?
- What are the characteristics of vitamins, including their chemical composition, food sources, functions, requirements, classification, and deficiency and excessive disorders?
- What are the characteristics of minerals, including their chemical composition, food sources, functions, requirements, classification, and deficiency and excessive disorders?
- What are the characteristics of water, including fluid compartments, mechanisms of transportation, normal water loss, functions, sources, requirements, and deficiency and excessive disorders?