Nutritional Foundations and Clinical Applications: A Nursing Approach by Grod…

Description: About this productProduct InformationLooking 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 disorders. Applying Content Knowledge and Critical Thinking/Clinical Applications case studies help you apply nutrition principles to real-world practice situations. Health Debate and Social Issue boxes explore controversial health issues and emphasize ethical, social, and community concerns, so that you can develop your own opinions. Cultural Considerations boxes highlight health issues and eating patterns related to specific ethnic groups to help you approach, interview, and assess patients from diverse populations. Teaching Tool boxes include strategies for providing nutrition counseling to patients. Personal Perspective boxes offer first-hand accounts of interactions with patients and their families, demonstrating the personal touch for which this book is known. Key terms and a glossary make it easy to learn key vocabulary and concepts. Website 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 boxes. UPDATED content reflects changes to Healthy People 2020 and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010 . UPDATED! 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.Product IdentifiersPublisherElsevier-Health Sciences DivisionISBN-100323242103ISBN-139780323242103eBay Product ID (ePID)202554431Product Key FeaturesAuthorSylvia Escott-Stump, Suzanne Dorner, Sara Long Roth, Michele GrodnerPublication NameNutritional Foundations and Clinical Applications : a Nursing ApproachFormatTrade PaperbackLanguageEnglishPublication Year2015TypeTextbookNumber of Pages464 PagesDimensionsItem Length10.9in.Item Width8.5in.Additional Product FeaturesLc Classification NumberRm216.G946 2015Edition Number6Reviews"This is an excellent book for nursing students and nursing professionals who are looking for an up-to-date reference on nutrition and the role of the nurse." - Amy Hess-Fischl, MS, RD, LDN, BC-ADM, CDE (University of Chicago Medical Center) Doody Score: 5 StarsTable of ContentPART 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 NEW! 17. Nutrition for Cardiopulmonary Disease 18. Nutrition for Diseases of the Kidneys 19. Nutrition for Neuro-Psychiatric Disorders NEW! 20. Nutrition in Cancer and HIV-AIDS GlossaryCopyright Date2016Target AudienceScholarly & ProfessionalTopicNursing / Nutrition, Nutrition, Diet TherapyLccn2015-413916Dewey Decimal615.8/54Dewey Edition22IllustratedYesGenreMedical

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