NUTR 136 — Nutrition in Healthcare II
Principles of nutrition for the adult with a focus on specialty diets to manage acute and chronic health alterations. Guidelines for meeting adequate nutritional needs in the adult patient that contribute to positive outcomes. Assessment of the patient condition and consideration of comorbidities to manage the types of diets that promote healing. Assessing nutritional status by looking at pertinent laboratory values, pharmacological considerations, and a patientÿs ability to ingest and digest their food. Planning for managing adequate nutritional intake, as well as consulting with an interprofessional health care team to meet a patientÿs changing nutritional needs. Principles are applied in the clinical setting with hospitalized patients. Perform assessments on patients that include nutritional status, as well as elimination needs that can be partially addressed by their nutritional intake.
Prerequisites: NURS 120