Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Manual for Nurses, 1e (True PDF)

This book presents the clinical nutrition and dietetics manual for nurses. Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics is an emerging field of biological sciences. It is a health-related career that actually transforms the nutrition and food science into the promotion of health. This book consists of 13 chapters. Chapter 1 highlights on the basic nutrition and its concepts of health, wellness and disease. Chapters 2, 3, 4 and 5 cover the macronutrients, such as carbohydrates, proteins, fats and energy respectively. Their functions, sources, digestion, absorption and their importance in human health are effectively brought out with appropriate illustrations and examples. Chapters 6 and 7 highlight the micronutrients, such as vitamins and minerals. Water, the elixir of life, is predominantly covered in chapter 8. Safe food handling, food adulteration, preservation of foods, and different methods of cooking form the vital components of chapter 9. Nutrition therapy for special circumstances is proved by evidence-based practice. Appropriate menu planning, budgeting menus for diversified age groups and their recommendations are compiled in chapter 10. Chapter 11, therefore, would not fail to grab the attention of health care practitioners to understand the basic techniques of nutrition care process involved. Therapeutic cases and their medical nutrition therapy highlighted in a brief manner would be a cakewalk for the beginners of nutrition. Sample Menus provided would create curiosity even for a layman to go through chapter 12. The final chapter covers the actual role of a nurse in nutrition education programs both in health care setting as well as a community, thus highlighting the significance of food, nutrition and health.