Description
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.
Table of Contents
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 17. Nutrition for Cardiopulmonary Disease18. Nutrition for Diseases of the Kidneys19. Nutrition for Neuro-Psychiatric Disorders20. Nutrition in Cancer and HIV-AIDSGlossary
