Prentice Hall Reviews & Rationales: Nutrition & Diet Therapy (2nd Edition) - Softcover

Hogan, Mary Ann; Gingrich RN MSN, Margaret M.; Willcutts MS RD CNSD, Kate; DeLeon RN, Evangeline

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0132437120 ISBN 13: 9780132437127

Publisher: Pearson, 2006

Synopsis

Essential for course review and NCLEX review, this resource is a complete, concentrated outline of nutrition. Each chapter contains objectives, pre- and post-tests with rationales, vocabulary review, practice to pass exercises, critical thinking case studies, as well as NCLEX alerts. Unique to Prentice Hall's Nursing Reviews & Rationales Series, a comprehensive CD-ROM and Companion Website, available free of charge, provide additional review. Content includes all of the "need-to-know" information covering nutrition basics, needs across the lifespan, drug-nutrient interactions, nutritional support in cardiac, pulmonary, renal and other disorders, and much more. For nursing students in need of a resource that focuses on course review or NCLEX review as well as nursing professionals looking to familiarize themselves with a new specialty.

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From the Back Cover

Essential for course review and NCLEX review, this resource is a complete, concentrated outline of mental health nursing. Content includes all of the "need-to-know" information covering therapeutic communication, developmental disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, somatoform disorders, dissociative disorders, personality disorders, schizophrenia and psychotic disorders, cognitive mental disorders, substance abuse, crisis intervention and suicide, death and dying, and much more. Each chapter provides the following tools that will help lead you to success in your course and on the NCLEX-RN:

• Chapter Objectives
• Pre- and post-chapter tests with comprehensive rationales
• New test-taking strategies 
• Vocabulary review
• Practice-to-Pass exercises
• Critical thinking case studies
• NCLEX alerts
• Prentice Hall Nursing Notes reference card
• CD-ROM with 700 practice questions 

About the Series
Prentice Hall's Nursing Review & Rationales Series is the complete foundation for success within the classroom, in clinical settings and on the NCLEX-RN exam. Each topical volume offers a concentrated review of core content from across the nursing curriculum, while providing hundreds of practice questions and comprehensive rationales. The only review series offering a tear-out reference card and additional audio reviews, the complete series includes the following volumes:

• Nursing Fundamentals
• Anatomy & Physiology 
• Child Health Nursing
• Fluids, Electrolytes, & Acid-Base Balance
• Maternal-Newborn Nursing
• Medical-Surgical Nursing
• Mental Health Nursing
• Nutrition & Diet Therapy
• Pathophysiology
• Pharmacology
• Physical Assessment
• Community Health Nursing
• Leadership & Management
• Comprehensive Review for NCLEX-RN
• Comprehensive Review for NCLEX-PN

About the Author

Mary Ann Hogan, MSN, RN has been a nurse educator for 25 years, currently as a Clinical

Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has taught in

diploma, associate degree, and baccalaureate nursing programs.A former item writer for

the CAT NCLEX-RNŽ exam,Ms. Hogan has been teaching review courses throughout

New England for the last 15 years. She also has contributed to a number of publications

in the areas of adult health, pharmacology, and fundamentals of nursing. She is a member

of the American Nurses Association and Sigma Theta Tau, the International Honor

Society for Nursing.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0132437120
• ISBN 13: 9780132437127
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 352