Grodner / Escott-Stump / Dorner Nutritional Foundations and Clinical Applications - E-Book

A Nursing Approach
7. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-323-54488-7
Verlag: Elsevier Health Care - Lehrbücher
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 448 Seiten

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 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 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grodner, Michele

Escott-Stump, Sylvia

Dorner, Suzanne