2019-2020 Catalog

NB383 Therapeutic Nutrition

This course will provide the student with an overview of nutritional therapy for diabetes, cardiac, renal, cancer, and gastrointestinal disorders. Practical applications and treatment of nutrition-related pathologies will be emphasized. Basic knowledge will be introduced to enable students to begin to evaluate nutritional issues and apply therapeutic nutrition principles to client care through the nursing process. Classroom: 3 hours.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Prerequisite: 200-level nursing courses and 200-level science requirements or approval of instructor.