Foundations and Clinical Applications of Nutrition
A Nursing Approach - Revised Reprint with Nutritrac 3.0 Software
2nd Edition
Published on 26. November 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
896 pages
978-0-323-01725-1 (ISBN)
Description
FOUNDATIONS AND CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF NUTRITION: A NURSING APPROACH, second edition, approaches the study of nutrition and diet therapy from the personal and professional perspective of nursing students. The text emphasizes the role of nursing in health promotion and primary prevention as well as in illness. Includes life-span coverage, nursing process and cultural considerations throughout in a full-color design. The second edition includes expanded content on allergies, complementary therapies, and telenursing.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
169 illus
Weight
1870 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-323-01725-1 (9780323017251)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
WELLNESS, NUTRITION AND THE NURSING ROLE · Wellness Nutrition · Personal and Community Nutrition · NUTRIENTS, FOOD AND HEALTH · Digestion, Absorption and Metabolism · Carbohydrates · Fats · Protein · Vitamins · Water and Minerals · HEALTH PROMOTION THROUGH NUTRITION AND NURSING PRACTICE · Energy Supply and Fitness · Management of Body Fat Levels · Life Span Health Promotion: Pregnancy, Lactation, and Infancy · Life Span Health Promotion: Childhood and Adolescence · Life Span Health Promotion: Adulthood · OVERVIEW OF MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY · Nutrition in Patient Care · The Care Process: Nutrition Intervention · Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition · Nutrition for Disorders of the Gastrointestinal Tract · Nutrition for Disorders of the Liver, Gallbladder and Pancreas · Nutrition for Diabetes Mellitus · Nutrition for Cardiovascular Disease · Nutrition for Diseases of the Kidneys · Nutrition in Cancer, AIDS and Other Special Problems