NUTR 126 — Nutrition in Healthcare I
Principles of nutrition for the adult including the food pyramid for a healthy balanced diet, necessary micro and macronutrients in maintaining homeostasis, types of specialty diets, and guidelines for adequate nutrition needed to maintain optimal health. Assessing nutritional status by looking at pertinent laboratory values, calculating a patientÿs BMI, and assessing a patientÿs ability to ingest and digest their food. How a patientÿs nutritional status is affected by chronic diseases such as Diabetes Mellitus types 1 and 2. Conditions requiring rehabilitation, and how pharmacokinetics affects and is affected by a patientÿs nutritional status. Enteral feedings, with assessment of calorie needs as well as tube feeding rates and issues. Introduction to Total Parenteral Nutrition. Classroom principles are applied in the clinical setting with patients in long term care facilities. Perform assessments on patients, including nutritional status, as well as elimination needs that can be partially addressed by nutritional intake.
Prerequisites: NURS 110