NUTR 416 - Medical Nutrition Therapy II

3 Credits
Part 2 of NUTR 316 - Medical Nutrition Therapy I and Skills Lab, builds on continuing and expanding the nutrition care process. Special attention is given to complex patients with multiple diseases and requiring critical thinking and problem-solving skills to develop accurate nutrition care plans in the face of compounding and conflicting lab values, medications, physiological states and nutritional therapies. Introduction of the electronic healthcare record is used to manage the patient case studies.
Prerequisite(s): NUTR 220 - Fundamentals of Nutrition, NUTR 316 - Medical Nutrition Therapy I and Skills Lab, CHEM 240 - Biochemistry of the Human Body, BIOL 241 - Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology I and BIOL 242 - Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology II