Nutritional Foundations and Clinical Applications: A Nursing Approach

by Michele Grodner EdD, CHES, Sylvia Escott-Stump MA, RD, LDN, Suzanne Dorner MSN, RN, CCRN

Overview

Foundations and Clinical Applications of Nutrition: A Nursing Approach emphasizes the role of nutrition in health promotion, primary prevention, and clinical disease states, with an in-depth analysis of the USDA's Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 and MyPyramid Food Guidance System. The dynamic author team utilizes a conversational writing style and a variety of learning features to apply information to the clinical setting.

• The Nursing Approach case studies in each chapter reinforce the nursing process as it relates to the content area.
• Applying Content Knowledge and Critical Thinking/Clinical Applications case studies reinforce and apply nutrition principles to real-world situations.
• Cultural Considerations boxes discuss various eating patterns related to ethnicity and religion to provide a global approach to nutrition.
• Health Debate and Social Issue boxes introduce timely topics and help separate popular media claims from academic research.
• Teaching Tool boxes provide tips and guidance to apply when educating patients.
• An emphasis on health promotion and primary prevention stresses the adoption of a healthy diet and lifestyle to enhance quality of life.

• MyPyramid boxes in the nutrient chapters spotlight key information from the individualized federal food pyramid.
• Significant changes prompted by the USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 and MyPyramid Food Guidance System are addressed.
• Foundations content includes the latest regarding food labeling, obesity and childhood obesity, diabetes, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), dietary supplements, trend diets, and gastric bypass surgery.
• Personal Perspective boxes share the ways nutrition affects daily life for people in various life stages and professions to build student empathy and understanding.
• Nutritrac Version IV nutrition analysis and weight management CD-ROM features a database of more than 3,700 foods organized into 18 categories, as well as 175 activities, to plan diet and exercise regimens.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323810241
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	01/13/2022
Edition description:	8th ed.
Pages:	464
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.88(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

PART I: Wellness, Nutrition, and the Nursing Role

1.  Wellness Nutrition

2.  Personal and Community Nutrition 

PART II: Nutrients, Food, and Health

3.  Digestion, Absorption, and Metabolism

4.  Carbohydrates

5.  Fats

6.  Protein

7.  Vitamins

8.  Water and Minerals

PART III: Health Promotion Through Nutrition and Nursing Practice

9.  Energy, Weight and Fitness

10.  Nutrition Across the Life Span

PART IV: Overview of Medical Nutrition Therapy

11.  Nutrition Assessment and Patient Care

12.  Food-Related Issues

13.  Nutrition for Disorders of the Gastrointestinal Tract

14.  Nutrition for Disorders of the Liver, Gallbladder, and Pancreas

15.  Nutrition for Diabetes Mellitus

16.  Nutrition in Metabolic Stress: Burns, Trauma, and Surgery

17.  Nutrition for Cardiopulmonary Disease

18.  Nutrition for Diseases of the Kidneys

19.  Nutrition for Neuro-Psychiatric Disorders

20.  Nutrition in Cancer and HIV-AIDS

Glossary

Index

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Comprehensive nutrition information from a unique nursing perspective

Editorial Reviews

"This is an excellent book for nursing students and nursing professionals who are looking for an up-to-date reference on nutrition and the role of the nurse."

-Amy Hess-Fischl, MS, RD, LDN, BC-ADM, CDE (University of Chicago Medical Center) Doody Score: 5 Stars

From the Publisher

Reviewer: Amy Hess Fischl, MS RDN LDN BC-ADM CDCES(University of Chicago Medical Center)
Description: This is an updated edition of a primer on nutrition and nurses' role in disseminating nutrition information to patients.
Purpose: The purpose is to concentrate on the nutrition skills applicable to nursing practice. Since so many books focus on the needs of nutrition professionals, this one is a refreshing addition that meets the needs of the largest group of healthcare professionals who have constant access to patients, both inpatient or outpatient.
Audience: The book is written primarily for nursing students, but the authors also suggest that it can be used by public health and health science majors. It also would be an excellent reference for nurses and nurse practitioners.
Features: The two chapters in the book's first part cover wellness, nutrition, and the nursing role. The six chapters in part II cover nutrients, food, and health. The two chapters in part III cover health promotion through nutrition and nursing practice. The final part, with 10 chapters, focuses on nutrition therapy in a variety of health conditions, including diabetes, metabolic stress, and kidney disease. The authors further explain that the book can be divided into two semesters, by focusing on the first three parts during the first semester and leaving part IV for the second semester. Access to the Evolve website is included with the book, enhancing the learning experience with online case studies, knowledge questions, and critical thinking clinical applications. Each chapter contains learning objectives, personal perspective textboxes, cultural consideration textboxes, teaching tools, special considerations, and nursing approach case studies. The teaching tools in the chapter on diabetes include a sample of a carbohydrate counting handout from the Diabetes Care and Education practice group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (available free at www.dce.org) as well as an interdisciplinary nutrition care plan from Nutrition 411 (also available for free at www.nutrition411.com). Chapters are colorful and easy to read with multiple tables and figures. They are very practical and include key information nurses need regarding nutrition.
Assessment: This is an excellent book for nursing students and nursing professionals who are looking for an up-to-date reference on nutrition and the role of the nurse. This update is much needed to keep up with the many changes in the field of nutrition.

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