Description
This course will provide the student with a basic understanding of the study of nutrition from a nursing perspective. This course is an introduction to nutrition that examines the nutrients essential to human life. The metabolic action, requirements, and food sources of the nutrients are studied. Needs and behavior patterns in children and adults are used to illustrate the relationship between diet and health. Principles of normal nutrition at all stages of the life cycle are emphasized. Growth and development needs are incorporated into the maintenance and restoration of nutritional health and in the prevention of nutritional deficit. Exploration is conducted in the social, religious, and cultural factors which affect the family's nutritional health, thus introducing the nursing students to the interrelationships among nutrition, food and the environment as they impact health status.
Program