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Selected as a Doody's Core Title for 2025!
Nutrition Essentials for Nursing Practice, 9th Edition gives nursing students the understanding of nutrition theory and application to ensure effective client care across the life cycle and the health-illness continuum. Incorporating nutrition throughout the nursing care process, Susan Dudek's concise yet thorough text equips tomorrow's nurses with the latest evidence-based practices and recommendations to facilitate nutrition on the front lines of nursing practice, from assessment and nursing diagnoses to implementation and evaluation.
The most up-to-date resource of its kind, this revised edition includes the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025 and makes need-to-know information more accessible than ever with a student-friendly format, improved organization, engaging case studies, and adaptable content optimized for use in standalone courses, online, or a fully integrated curriculum.
Contents
Unit 1: Nutrition Fundamentals
Chapter 1 Nutrition in Health
Chapter 2 Guidelines for Healthy Eating
Chapter 3 Carbohydrates
Chapter 4 Protein
Chapter 5 Lipids
Chapter 6 Vitamins
Chapter 7 Water and Minerals
Chapter 8 Energy Balance
Unit 2: Nutrition in Health Promotion
Chapter 9 Food and Supplement Labeling
Chapter 10 Consumer Interests and Concerns
Chapter 11 Cultural and Religious Influences on Food and Nutrition
Chapter 12 Healthy Eating for Healthy Babies
Chapter 13 Nutrition for Infants, Children, and Adolescents
Chapter 14 Nutrition for Older Adults
Unit 3: Nutrition in Clinical Practice
Chapter 15 Hospital Nutrition: Identifying Nutrition Risk and Feeding Clients
Chapter 16 Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition
Chapter 17 Nutrition for Obesity and Eating Disorders
Chapter 18 Nutrition for Clients with Critical Illness
Chapter 19 Nutrition for Clients with Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Disorders
Chapter 20 Nutrition for Clients with Disorders of the Lower GI Tract and Accessory Organs
Chapter 21 Nutrition for Clients with Diabetes Mellitus
Chapter 22 Nutrition for Clients with Cardiovascular Disorders
Chapter 23 Nutrition for Clients with Kidney Disorders
Chapter 24 Nutrition for Clients with Cancer or HIV/AIDS
