LESSON PLAN

FOR
B.Sc. (N) 2 ND
SEMESTER
SUBJECT: NUTRITION
Subject: Nutrition

Topic: Role of nurse in Nutritional Programme

Number of students: 49

Time: 1hour

Duration: 1hour

Teaching methods: English

A.V.Aids: Black board, chart

 Learning objectives:
 General objectives: They will acquire the adequate knowledge about Role of Nurse in nutritional Programmes.

 Specific objectives: At the end of the teaching, student will be able to know:
 Role of Nurse in Nutritional Programmes.
 Define Mid –day Meal programme.
Sr. Specific Time Content Matter Teaching A.V. Evaluation
No. Objectives Learning Aids
Activity
1 Self-introduction 2minute Introduction
My self –Sapna , Today i am going to teach you
about.
Role of Nurse in Nutritional Programme.
2 To introduce 5minute Introduction & Definition Lecture cum Black Define the role
about the role of discussion board of Nurse in
Nurse in INTRODUCTION Malnutrition is the most nutritional
nutritional important single cause of illness & death globally Programme?
Programme. accounting for 12% of all deaths & 16% of
disability. The problem of Malnutrition in India has
been recognized since the inception of five year
plans and a number of nutritional programs have
been introduced for combating it. These programs
help in bringing down the morbidity and mortality
due to Malnutrition.

NAME OF PROGRAM MINISTRY DATE OF

LAUNCH : Mid day meal programme Ministry of
education 1961 Iodine deficiency programme
Health and Family welfare 1962 Applied nutritional
program Ministry of rural development 1963
National programme for Vit A deficiency Health
and Family welfare 1970 National nutritional
anemia control program Health and Family welfare
 1970 Special nutrition program Health and Social
3 15minute welfare 1970 Balwadi nutrition program Social Lecture cum Black Explain
Explain about welfare 1970 ICDS Social welfare 1975. discussion Board Objective &
objective & Principles?
principles.
 Objective & Principles
 To improve the nutritional status of
children.
 Protecting children from classroom hunger.
 Increasing school enrolment and attendance.
 Improved socialization among children
belonging to all castes.
 The scheme has a long history especially in
Tamil Nadu and Gujarat.
 Has been expanded to all parts of India after
a landmark direction by the Supreme Court
of India on November 28, 2001.
 The success of this scheme is illustrated by
the tremendous increase in the school
participation and completion rates in
TAMIL NADU.

Principles
 The meal should be a supplement and not a
substitute to the home diet.
 The meal should supply at least one third of
the total energy requirement and half of the
protein need.
 The cost of the meal should be reasonably
low.
 The meal should be such that it can be
prepared easily in schools, no complicated
cooking process should be involved .
4 8minute Lecture cum Charts Define Role of
 Define Role of  As far as possible, locally available foods discussion Nurse in Mid-
nurse in Mid-day should be used, this will reduce the cost of day meal?
meal. the meal.
 The menu should be frequently changed to
avoid monotony.

 Role of the public health nurse in mid-

day meal programme
5 20minute Educator Lecture cum
Explain Vitamin  Community mobilizer discussion Black Explain
A  Advocacy board Vitamin A?
 Monitoring and evaluation
 Researcher
 Collaborator
 Health service provider

 Vitamin A Programme

 VAD is the most common cause of

preventable blindness in children(1-3yrs).
 20-40 million children worldwide-
estimated to have at least mild vitamin A
deficiency (VAD), half reside in India.
 VAD causes an estimated 60,000 children
in India to go blind each year.
 Prevalence rates vary greatly among the
states and range from less than 1% to 6%.
 Prevalence of Xeropthalmia 0.6% as per
GBD(global burden of disease) 2000.
 Estimates VAD in India remains a
significant public health problem.
 The National Vitamin A prophylaxis
programme was started in 1971.
  It became part of RCH programme from
1997 Goal.
 To make vitamin –A deficiency no more a
public health problem.
 To reduce Bitot’s spot to less than 0.5%.
 To bring down the prevalence of night
blindness to less than 1%

 STRATEGY Until 1992, the strategy

consisted of administration of 2 lakh IU of
oral vitamin A concentration to children
between 2 & 6 years, at interval of 6
months. With commencement of CSSM
program during 1992, the strategy was
changed to administration of 5 mega doses
of vitamin. A concentrate orally to all
6 children between 9 months and 3 years not
only to eliminate nutritional blindness but
5minute also other consequences of vit A deficiency.
7 However, it can be extended upto 5 years.
To summarize the
topic 5minute  Vitamin A prophylaxis schedule Dose no
Age Dose (orally) Remarks 1. At 9th month
To recaptualize 1,00,00 IU Along with measles vaccine 2.
the topic At 18th month 2,00,00IU Along with
booster dose of DPT & OPV 3. At 24th
8 Assignment
month(2yr) 2,00,00IU NIL 4. At 30th
given on Role
month 2,00,00IU NIL 5. At 36th month
of Nurse in
2,00,00IU NIL
nutritional
Programme.
Summarization: So we have discussed about Role
.
of Nurse in nutritional Programme.

Recaptualization:
Q1. Define Role of Nurse in nutritional
Programme.?
Q2. Explain about Principles of Nutritional
Programme?
Q3. Explain aboutMid day meal?

References:
 Sharma M “textbook of Nutritrion” 1st edition
published by CBS, Page 220-225.