Meet the ever-changing demands of providing quality nutritional care for patients across the lifespan. This popular textprovides a strong foundation in the science of nutrition and a clear understanding of how to apply that knowledge in practice, recognizing the need for nurses to work with other healthcare professionals to ensure optimal nutrition in patient care.
In a worse-case scenario, rapid transfusion of RBCs to critically ill clients has resulted in intraoperative transfusion-associated hyper- kalemic cardiac arrest with a 12.5% in-hospital survival rate (Smith, Far- row, Ackerman, et al, ...
-- Covers counting carbohydrate educational approach developed by the American Dietetic and Diabetic Associations-- Two new chapters: Individualizing Client Care and Nutritional Care of the Terminally Ill-- Expanded coverage of TPN with a ...
The fourth edition of this popular nutrition text continues to be thebest on the market for introducing the beginning student to thefundamentals of nutrition.
It is a very compact reference, with an easy design for use. More importantly, the fact that it is waterproof and reusable makes this book a worthwhile resource. I intend to recommend this book for my students.
From basic facts and practical information to assessments and case studies, this Sixth Edition provides the contemporary and comprehensive approach you need to gain knowledge and achieve confidence in the course.
It is a very compact reference, with an easy design for use. More importantly, the fact that it is waterproof and reusable makes this book a worthwhile resource. I intend to recommend this book for my students.
(From Lewis SM, Heitkemper MM, Dirksen SR: Medical-surgical nursing: assessment and management of clinical problems, ed 5, St Louis, 2000, Mosby.) Vagus nerve 50% of stomach removed Duodenum Stomach sutured to jejunum FIGUre 17-4 ...
New assessment tools in the text include the Mini Mental State Examination, PAR-Q (Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire), body composition measurement tools, and tools for energy requirement calculations.
In a systematic review of the literature on self-monitoring for weight loss, Burke and colleagues23 determined that an association between self-monitoring and weight loss was consistently reported despite weaknesses in study design.
Based on more than 40 years of clinical research, this illuminating book unravels the mysteries of nutrition and shows how a low-carbohydrate/high protein diet can help prevent cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and obesity, as well as ...