Nutrition : a handbook for nurses
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Carolyn Best
- ناشر : Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; [Hoboken, NJ] : Wiley-Blackwell,
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2008
- شابک / ISBN : 9780470061312
Description
National and European initiatives to improve standards of nutritional care / Carolyn Best -- Malnutrition / Harriet Gordon and Helen Hitchings -- Nutrition screening and assessment / Helen Hitchings -- The Nursing role in maintaining patients' oral nutritional intake / Carolyn Best -- Enteral nutrition / Carolyn Best... [et. al] -- Parenteral nutrition / Carolyn Best... [et. al] -- Re-feeding syndrome / Helen Hitchings and Harriet Gordon -- Ethics and commitment to feed / Carolyn Best -- The Role of a hospital; nutrition support team / Carolyn Best... [et. al] -- Transfer of care from hospital to community / Carolyn Best and Helen Hitchings -- Case studies / Carolyn Best... [et. al] -- Glossary and abbreviations -- Index.
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.