Foundations & Clinical Applications of Nutrition: A Nursing Approach

This study Guide is a companion to the first edition of "Foundations and Clinical Applications of Nutrition; A Nursing Approach". The purpose of this guide is to provide a review of the major terms, concepts, and applications of nutrition from a nursing perspective. Each chapter highlights quotes of primary concepts from the text and is structured to provide a complete review and application of knowledge through specifically designed features. These features include:* Important Terms is a matching exercise of new terms and their definitions as applied to nursing and nutrition.* Applying Content Knowledge presents a practice clinical scenario based on the chapter topic to encourage critical thinking skills.* Quick Review features short answer questions, charts, matching, and fill-in exercises to provide a comprehensive review.*Practice Exam provides multiple choice questions to assist in testing preparation.* NCLEX Questions: furnish sample questions based on the NCLEX nursing exam. Each chapter includes questions from the four NCLEX categories of physiologic needs (PN); safe, effective care environment (SE); health promotion/maintenance needs (HP); and psychosocial needs (PsN). *Answers to all review exercises and questions are included at the end of each chapter.The reviewers, Joan Magee, of Henry Ford Community College, and Janet Azar, of Tidewater Community College, are to be commended for providing continuity of the evaluation process by reviewing both the text and this Student Study Guide. They were first and foremost concerned with ensuring that this Study Guide would be as useful as possible for students.