Practical Aspects of Nutritional Support: An Advanced Practice Guide - Brossura

Worthington, Patricia H.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0721669646 ISBN 13: 9780721669649

Casa editrice: W B Saunders Co, 2003

Riassunto

This portable, practical reference is designed to fill the need for primary care and clinical nutrition information for nurse practitioners within various specialty areas such as adult, family, pediatric, and acute care. It addresses the fundamentals of nutritional care including nutritional assessment, identifying risk factors, determining nutrient requirements, and selecting appropriate intervention. Life cycle nutrition, functional elements of nutrition support, pharmacologic considerations, trends in nutritional care, and nutritional considerations in specific disease states are also covered.

• Reflects the commitment to an interdisciplinary approach to patient care through the contributors' expertise in a variety of disciplines.
• Addresses the needs of patients throughout the life cycle and in a variety of health care settings.
• Covers age-appropriate interventions and explores the cultural and ethnic considerations that take on greater significance as the US population grows increasingly diverse.
• Addresses techniques and procedures such as safely feeding patients with dysphasia, inserting and maintaining enteral access devices, care of vascular access devices, monitoring response to therapy, and troubleshooting and preventing complications.
• Provides information on drug-nutrient interactions, pharmacological issues related to parenteral nutrition, and non-traditional approaches to therapeutic nutrition.
• Covers nutritional implications of selected disease states and provides evidence-based guidelines for nutritional management of medical conditions in which nutritional intervention plays a prominent role.
• The user-friendly format features charts, tables, and bulleted lists that provide quick, easy access to information.
• A list of Internet Resources at the end of each chapter direct clinicians to websites for more in-depth information, sources for educational material, and support groups for patients.

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Contenuti

Unit I - Fundamentals: Baseline Nutrition in Healthy States
1. Pregnancy and Lactation
2. Infants, Toddlers, and Preschool Children
3. School-Age Children and Adolescents
4. Young, Middle-Age, and Older Adults
Unit II - Nutrition and Illness
5. The Role of Nutrition in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
6. Nutritional Assessment and Planning in Clinical Care
Unit III - Oral Nutrition
7. Assuring Safe and Adequate Oral Intake
8. Managing Symptoms that Affect Nutritional Intake during Illness
9. Therapeutic Diets
Unit IV - Enteral Nutrition
10. Selecting Candidates and Delivery Methods for Enteral Nutrition
11. Equipment and Formulas for Enteral Nutrition
12. Initiating and Managing Enteral Nutrition
Unit V - Parenteral Nutrition
13. Parenteral Nutrition: Indications and Composition of Formulas
14. Administration and Management of Parenteral Nutrition
15. Venous Access Devices for Parenteral Nutrition
Unit VI - Pharmacological Considerations
16. Drug-Nutrient Interactions
17. Pharmacological Issues Related to Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition
18. Dietary Supplements, Functional Foods, and Ergogenic Aids
Unit VII - Nutritional Considerations in Specific Disease States
19. Gastrointestinal Disorders
20. Nutritional Implications of Selected Medical Conditions

Product Description

Book by Worthington RN MSN CNSN Patricia H

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: W B Saunders Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0721669646
• ISBN 13: 9780721669649
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 608
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: LSWR Group; b.criscuolo@lswr.it; ; Via Spadolini, 7; Milano; Italia