Nutrition a handbook for nurses /
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 s...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Hoboken :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2008.
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| Series: | Wiley series in nursing.
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| Online Access: | ebrary View fulltext via EzAccess MyiLibrary |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 271 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470699737 (electronic bk.) 0470699736 (electronic bk.) |