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Nutritional Foundations and Clinical Applications

A Nursing Approach

Focusing on nutrition and nutritional therapy from the nurses’ perspective, Nutritional Foundations and Clinical Applications: A Nursing Approach, 7th Edition takes a wellness appr… Leer más

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Focusing on nutrition and nutritional therapy from the nurses’ perspective, Nutritional Foundations and Clinical Applications: A Nursing Approach, 7th Edition takes a wellness approach based on health promotion and primary prevention It offers guidelines with a human, personal touch, using first-hand accounts to show how nutrition principles apply to patients in real-world practice. This new edition incorporates the most current guidelines and information on key nutrition topics throughout as well as expanded coverage on the role of inflammation in common disease. A favorite of nursing students and instructors, this leading nutrition text promotes healthy diets and shows how nutrition may be used in treating and controlling diseases and disorders.

Puntos claves

  • Personal Perspective boxes offer first-hand accounts of interactions with patients and their families, demonstrating the personal touch for which this book is known
  • Applying Content Knowledge and Critical Thinking/Clinical Applications case studies help you learn to apply nutrition principles to real-world practice situations
  • Social Issue　boxes　emphasize ethical, social, and community concerns on local, national international levels to reveal the various influences on health and wellness
  • Teaching Tool boxes include strategies for providing nutrition counseling to patients
  • Health Debate　boxes prepare you for encountering differing opinions or controversies about food, nutrition, and health concerns
  • Key terms and a glossary make it easy to learn key vocabulary and concepts

Índice

PART I: Wellness, Nutrition, and the Nursing Role

1. Wellness Nutrition

2. Personal and Community Nutrition

PART II: Nutrients, Food, and Health

3. Digestion, Absorption, and Metabolism

4. Carbohydrates

5. Fats

6. Protein

7. Vitamins

8. Water and Minerals

PART III: Health Promotion Through Nutrition and Nursing Practice

9. Energy, Weight and Fitness

10. Nutrition Across the Life Span

PART IV: Overview of Medical Nutrition Therapy

11. Nutrition Assessment and Patient Care

12. Food-Related Issues

13. Nutrition for Disorders of the Gastrointestinal Tract

14. Nutrition for Disorders of the Liver, Gallbladder, and Pancreas

15. Nutrition for Diabetes Mellitus

16. Nutrition in Metabolic Stress: Burns, Trauma, and Surgery

17. Nutrition for Cardiopulmonary Disease

18. Nutrition for Diseases of the Kidneys

19. Nutrition for Neuro-Psychiatric Disorders

20. Nutrition in Cancer and HIV-AIDS

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Sobre los autores

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Michele Grodner

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Professor, Department of Public Health, William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey, USA

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Sylvia Escott-Stump

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Clinical Assistant Professor and Director, Dietetic Internship, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA

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Suzanne Dorner

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Assistant Manager, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida, USA