Main description:

It is essential to have critical thinking skills when assessing any patient or client, especially the complicated ones. In the real world, it is rare to see an individual with only one particular problem or concern. Furthermore, these critical thinking skills will help to determine the best therapies for the patient or client as well as assist in determining what additional healthcare practitioners need to be involved so all of the patient's concerns can be properly addressed.Learning objectives for Interprofessional Approach toAssessment from a Nutritional Perspective include but are not limited to:

Identify roles and responsibilities of interprofessional healthcare team members.
Prioritize data to determine what is most pertinent to address for the specific scenario or case.
Identify significance and deficiencies of various sets of data used to assess patients or clients.
Evaluate nutritional requirements and determine appropriate nutrition therapy when multiple medical and surgical concerns are present.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Patient Assessment, Therapeutic Interventions and
Addressing Malnutrition
Chapter 2: Importance of Interprofessional Relationships in Health Care
Chapter 3: Cardiac Concerns
Case Study: Outpatient with Malnutrition and Heart Failure
Case Study: Inpatient/Outpatient with Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia
following a Myocardial Infarction
Chapter 4: Endocrine Concerns
Case Study: Gestational Diabetes
Case Study: Inpatient with Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Admitted with DKA
Case Study: Outpatient Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Requiring Insulin
Chapter 5: Gastrointestinal Concerns
Case Study: Outpatient with Celiac Disease
Case Study: Partial/Subtotal Gastrectomy Following a Sleeve Gastrectomy
Case Study: Diverticular Disease
Case Study: Hiatal Hernia and GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease)
Chapter 6: Neurological Concerns
Case Study: Inpatient/Outpatient with Hypertension, Transient Ischemic
Attack Including Long Term Follow-Up
Case Study: Parkinson's Disease
Appendix
Appendix A: Patient Assessment Worksheet
Appendix B: Developing Therapeutic Diets
Modified Consistencies Based on the Regular Diet
National Dysphagia Diets
High- and Low-Fiber Diets
Added Calorie and/or Added Protein Diets
Lactose Free or Lactose Controlled Diet
Gluten Free Diet
Low FODMAP Diet
Anti-dumping, Gastric Bypass or Gastroporesis Diets
Low Sodium, Low Fat and Low Saturated Fat Diets
Carbohydrate Counting
Appendix C: Laboratory Values: Significance and Nutritional
Implications Worksheet
Appendix D: Medications: Nutritional Implications and Drug-Nutrient
Interaction Worksheet