Nutritional Foundations And Clinical Applications: A Nursing Approach

Looking at nutrition and nutritional therapy from the nurse's perspective Nutritional Foundations and Clinical Applications A Nursing Approach 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 edition includes new chapters on the effects of stress on nutrient metabolism and on nutrition for neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease Written by educators Michele Grodner Sylvia Escott-Stump and Suzie Dorner this leading nutrition text promotes healthy diets and shows how nutrition may be used in treating and controlling diseases and disordersApplying Content Knowledge and Critical
ThinkingClinical Applications case studies help you apply nutrition principles to real-world practice situationsHealth Debate and Social Issue boxes explore controversial health issues and emphasize ethical social and community concerns so that you can develop your own opinionsCultural Considerations boxes highlight health issues and eating patterns related to specific ethnic groups to help you approach interview and assess patients from diverse populationsTeaching Tool boxes include strategies for providing nutrition counseling to patientsPersonal Perspective boxes offer first-hand accounts of interactions with patients and their families demonstrating the personal touch for which this book is knownKey terms and a glossary make it easy to learn key vocabulary and conceptsWebsite listings
at the end of every chapter refer you to related sites for additional research and study NEW! Nutrition for Neuro-Psychiatric Disorders chapter covers neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease and psychiatric disorders such as depression and bipolar disorders NEW! Nutrition in Metabolic Stress Burns Trauma and Surgery chapter examines the effects of stress on nutrient metabolism and starvation along with severe stress due to surgery and trauma NEW organization for the clinical chapters includes 1) Disorder background and implications 2) Food and nutrition therapies 3) Education Teaching Tool boxesUPDATED content reflects changes to Healthy People 2020 and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010UPDATED! The Nursing Approach box analyzes a realistic nutrition
case study in terms of the nursing process demonstrating practical ways nurses can use nutrition in practice and process