Clinical Nutrition for Nurses

Catalog description

This course builds on the nutritional principles discussed in Principles of Nutrition for Nursing (LP NU 126) to focus on sp ecific diet therapy utilized in the treatment of common al terations in health. Content is organized using body systems and disease processes to discuss diet therapy in selected cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and renal disorders. Dietary considerations for patients with burns, surgical interventions, diabetes mellitus, and cancer are described, including use of die tary supplements, total parenteral nutrition (TPN), and peripheral parenteral nutrition (PPN). Specific principles of diet therapy for the obstetrical and pediatric patient populations are discussed.