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Undergraduate Catalog 2017-2018 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

NURS 33200 - Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition in the Nursing Process


This course introduces students to the principles of nutrition and their application to professional nursing practice. Examines macro- and micro-nutrients, the role of nutrition in disease prevention and health promotion throughout the life span. Nutrition-related nursing interventions are discussed for acute and critically ill patients and for patients with selected disorders including gastrointestinal and cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer and HIV/AIDS.
 
prereq: NURS 22000
30 hrs
2 cr.