Nutrition Essentials for Nursing Practice

Nutrition Essentials for Nursing Practice, 9th Edition, is a comprehensive textbook that provides nursing students with the knowledge and skills to ensure effective client care across the life cycle and the health-illness continuum. It incorporates the latest evidence-based practices and recommendations, including the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025, and is designed in a student-friendly format for standalone courses, online, or fully integrated curriculum.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 656 pages
Publication date: 07 August 2021
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health

Selected as a Doody's Core Title for 2022! Nutrition Essentials for Nursing Practice, 9th Edition, provides nursing students with a comprehensive understanding of nutrition theory and its application to ensure effective client care throughout the life cycle and the health-illness continuum. Written by Susan Dudek, this concise yet thorough text equips tomorrow's nurses with the latest evidence-based practices and recommendations to facilitate nutrition on the front lines of nursing practice. From assessment and nursing diagnoses to implementation and evaluation, this revised edition includes the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025, and makes essential information more accessible than ever with a student-friendly format, improved organization, engaging case studies, and adaptable content optimized for use in standalone courses, online, or fully integrated curricula.

This comprehensive resource covers a wide range of topics, including nutrition assessment, nutrition support, enteral and parenteral nutrition, nutrition education, and ethical considerations. It emphasizes the importance of integrating nutrition throughout the nursing care process and provides practical guidance on implementing nutrition interventions in various clinical settings. With its emphasis on evidence-based practice and current guidelines, Nutrition Essentials for Nursing Practice, 9th Edition, is an invaluable tool for nursing students preparing for their future roles as healthcare professionals.

By incorporating nutrition throughout the nursing care process, nurses can improve the health outcomes of their clients and contribute to the overall well-being of the community. This revised edition of Nutrition Essentials for Nursing Practice is a valuable resource for nursing students, educators, and practitioners alike, and will help them to provide the highest quality of care to their patients.

Weight: 1206g
Dimension: 216 x 278 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781975172794
Edition number: Ninth, International Edition