NUTRITION IN NURSING PRACTICE

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This course discusses the fundamentals of nutritional care in nursing practice. Included is nutritional assessment using effective client communication and the use of established CDC assessment templates for the purpose of designing and providing appropriate care, identification of risk factors, determination of nutrition requirements, and selection of appropriate intervention. Emphasis on the development of provider an d care manager competencies through discussion of feeding issues across the life cycle, functional elements of nutritional support, trends in nutritional care, and nutritional considerations in specific disease states. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans and its companion MyPlate are discussed using the information skills competency considering ethics and diversity. New guidelines for the provision of enteral and parenteral nutritional support, and concepts related to malnutrition are presented. Requires 45 hours of theory.