Nutrition

by Carolyn Best

This book provides a comprehensive look at all aspects of nutrition from roles and responsibilities to caring for a patient with specific nutritional needs. It is aimed primarily at nurses and addresses some of the issues they will encounter when caring for patients nutritional needs in a hospital setting. It also highlights the benefits of a hospital based Nutrition Team providing a multidisciplinary approach to nutrition. It includes a number of case studies to clarify some of the issues discussed and concludes by examining issues that need to be considered before discharging a patient home from hospital into the community.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470061316
• ISBN13: 9780470061312
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"