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School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership
BS Degree in Health Services Administration {22-23}
BA Degree in Leadership & Innovation in Aging Studies {22-23}
BS Degree in Nursing (MANE) {22-23}
RN-BSN {22-23}
Minor in Health Services Administration {22-23}
Minor in Leadership & Innovation in Aging Studies {22-23}
Certificate in Healthcare Leadership, Quality & Patient Safety {22-23}
Certificate in Long Term Care Administration {22-23}

BS Degree in Nursing (MANE) {22-23} - Nutrition and the Role of the Professional Nurse

Course Code

NURS 275

Credits

Title

Nutrition and the Role of the Professional Nurse

Course Outline

Description

This course introduces the student to the role of the nurse in promoting and supporting nutritional health. Emphasis is on the role nutrition plays in health promotion/prevention of illness, recovery from acute illness and/or management of chronic illness. Students learn to access evidence to support healthy nutritional choices that reduce risk factors for disease and/or illness across the lifespan. Students explore how culture, ethnicity, socio-economic status, nutritional trends and controversies, and integrative therapies influence the nutritional health of the client.