Overview
Description
This course focuses on the advanced application of evidence-based practices and standards of care necessary to address patient management issues in individuals requiring medical nutrition therapy. A major focus of this course is to evaluate the complications encountered in medical nutrition therapy in the presence of inflammation and metabolic stress. Students’ prior basic skills in the pathophysiology disease and the Nutrition Care Process (NCP) will be further developed in reading the literature.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Admission to the Nutrition graduate program
- instructor approval
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Admission to the Nutrition graduate program or instructor approval
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Restrictions
Admission to the Nutrition graduate program
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- applies knowledge of key metabolic changes in inflammation and stress to the decision -making process when prescribing oral, enteral and/or parenteral nutrition.
- applies knowledge of the pathophysiology of complex nutrition-related problems in the assessment and provision of appropriate nutrition support utilizing the NCP.
- integrates knowledge of pharmacological treatments of diseases and drug nutrient interactions when developing nutrition support recommendations.
- integrate an understanding of scientific literature associated with the selection of appropriate nutrition interventions for specific diseases and conditions.