Nutritional Foundations and Clinical Applications: A Nursing Approach

Thông tin sách: Nutritional Foundations and Clinical Applications: A Nursing Approach (Paperback, 448 trang) – Mosby, 2019. Ngôn ngữ: Tiếng Anh.

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.

• 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

• NEW! Completely updated content throughout incorporates the latest dietary guidelines and most current information on topics such as good vs. bad fats, nutrition during pregnancy, microbiota/probiotics/prebiotics, and more
• NEW! Cultural Diversity and Nutrition sections in each chapter highlight health issues and eating patterns related to specific ethnic groups to help you approach, interview, and assess patients from diverse populations
• NEW! Enhanced coverage of health literacy equips you with strategies for enhancing patient education for those with low literacy skills
• NEW! Additional Nursing Approach boxes analyze realistic nutrition case studies from the perspective of the nursing process
• NEW! Expanded coverage of inflammation highlights its pivotal role in conditions such as obesity, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes