Health, Diet & Nutrition, Health-Related Professions, Clinical Medicine
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Overview
Designed as a quick reference to be used by nursing students, and food service managers in long term care settings or settings where geriatric clients reside. The book which is primarily in outline form and provides a compact, easy-to-use reference for all questions or problems regarding geriatric nutrition and diet therapy."...a quick reference focusing on the nutritional needs and physiology of the growing older adult population...describes frequently ordered diets, reviews the digestive/absorptive process, covers common medications, and much more."
Editorials
Booknews
A reference for nursing personnel whose clients include the growing older adult population, focusing on the nutritional needs and changing physiology of that population. Nutritional problems are discussed within a nursing process format, with material on gastrointestinal anatomy and physiology. Sample diets with menus and exchange lists are geared to geriatric populations and are provided in table format. Covers diagnostic and laboratory tests, drugs and common drug reactions, and procedures for feeding problems, and offers practice guidelines for management of diabetes in the elderly. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
October 1, 1991
Publisher
Mosby
Pages
188
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780944132654