NURS 217 - Nutrition for RN Health Care

3 Credit(s)

This course, taught by a registered dietitian, is designed to increase the nurse’s knowledge of nutrition. The course content focuses on the theory of human nutrition, including units on the science of human nutrition, the nutritive process, and nutrition through the life cycle. The second part of the course will focus on a more in depth application of nutrition to nursing practices. This will include units on the nursing process for nutritional care of patients and dietary interventions for alterations in the nutrition process. This course assists nurses in assessing nutritional status and initiating nursing interventions to improve or maintain overall health and wellness.
Prerequisite(s): Registered nurse.