Full Description
The Essential Guide to the Nutrition Care Process provides the tools needed to effectively understand the entire nutrition care process and the management of nutrition care in various practice settings. The authors break down each step of the nutrition care process, with detailed information on nutritional assessment and diagnosis, planning interventions, and monitoring and evaluating patient and client outcomes.
The book includes a variety of activities, self-evaluation tools, and a full chapter of case studies to assist the reader to become highly proficient in the use of the nutrition care process. It helps the reader become skilled in communication and interviewing; gathering patient data from electronic medical records; techniques used in nutrition-focused physical examination; evidence-based diet planning interventions; and culturally competent nutrition care.
The second edition features a more comprehensive overview of the profession and process of nutrition care and new information on assessment data, assessment of nutrition interventions, and medical record documentation.
The Essential Guide to the Nutrition Care Process is an excellent resource for students, international dietitians not trained in the nutrition care process model, and practicing nutrition care professionals who want to hone their nutrition care process skills.
