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 disorders. INDICE: PART I: Wellness, Nutrition, and the Nursing Role1.  Wellness Nutrition2.  Personal and Community NutritionPART II: Nutrients, Food, and Health3.  Digestion, Absorption, and Metabolism4.  Carbohydrates5.  Fats6.  Protein7.  Vitamins8.  Water and MineralsPART III: Health Promotion Through Nutrition and Nursing Practice9.  Energy, Weight and Fitness10.  Nutrition Across the Life SpanPART IV: Overview of Medical Nutrition Therapy11.  Nutrition Assessment and Patient Care12.  Food-Related Issues13.  Nutrition for Disorders of the Gastrointestinal Tract14.  Nutrition for Disorders of the Liver, Gallbladder, and Pancreas15.  Nutrition for Diabetes Mellitus16.  Nutrition in Metabolic Stress: Burns, Trauma, and Surgery  NEW!17.  Nutrition for Cardiopulmonary Disease18.  Nutrition for Diseases of the Kidneys19.  Nutrition for Neuro-Psychiatric Disorders  NEW!20.  Nutrition in Cancer and HIV-AIDSGlossary

• ISBN: 978-0-323-24210-3
• Editorial: Mosby
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 576
• Fecha Publicación: 25/02/2015
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés