Pocket Guide to Nutritional Care

Designed as a quick reference for clinicians and caregivers, including nurses, dieticians, and students, Pocket Guide to Nutritional Care is a valuable resource for anyone providing nutritional care or teaching for improved health or health maintenance. This convenient, pocket-sized guide is divided into four sections: Nutrition for Health Promotion Throughout the Life Cycle, Obesity and Eating Disorders, Nutrition Support, and Nutrition and Specific Clinical Conditions. The content addresses such issues as nutrition-related disruptions of health, eating disorders, and enteral and parenteral nutrition support. The emphasis on nutrition assessment, its thorough treatment of nutrition support and its practical suggestions for clinical care and teaching are some of the features that makes this guide unique.