Nutrition

This content is embedded into and taught seamlessly with the theory content of NURS 220. Review of the principles of nutrition for the adult including the digestion, absorption, and metabolism of needed nutrients for maintenance of optimal health. Instruction includes nutritional requirements for the surgical and nonsurgical wound healing, and how a patient’s nutritional status is affected by chronic and acute conditions and diseases, as well as the role nutrition plays in disease prevention. Additionally, the curriculum includes advances nutritional considerations, types of diet, and specific nutrients needed for the management of diseases and conditions such as renal failure, cancer, liver disease, diabetes mellitus types 1 and 2, burns, and HIV/AIDS. Information about the components of parenteral and total parenteral nutrition (TPN) and assessment of a patient’s parenteral nutritional needs is included, along with skills training in application of this type of delivery. These classroom principles are applied practically in the clinical setting with patients in acute care facilities, and students perform assessments on their patients examining the interdependence of nutritional status, laboratory values, and disease and condition management in determining the maintenance of homeostasis. Corequisites: NURS 220, NURS 225/PSYC 225 Prerequisites: NURS 210

Addresses aspects of becoming a professional nurse through the exploration of personal values, nursing ethics, legal accountability, power, politics, collective bargaining, and the business of the changing contemporary healthcare system. Includes topics related to personal nursing practice, role transition, stress management, and professional growth and maturation. Identifies and analyzes nursing responsibility and accountability for alleviating suffering, promoting health and facilitating wellness for individuals, families, groups, and communities. During the lab students have clinical experiences in a selected site. In some situations staff nurses serve as mentors or preceptors. Corequisites: NURS 234/PHIL 234, NURS 235/PSYC 235 Prerequisites: NURS 220

Analyzes and applies values, ethics, and legal decision-making frameworks and policies used to support the well-being of people and groups within the context of the healthcare professions. This content is embedded into and taught seamlessly with the theory content in NURS 230. Corequisites: NURS 230, NURS 235/PSYC 235 Prerequisites: NURS 220

Examines some determinants of health and illness including social, psychological, environmental, spiritual, and cultural dimensions across the lifespan and within the context of healthcare. This content incorporates knowledge acquired in prerequisites and is embedded into and taught seamlessly with the theory content in NURS 230. Corequisites: NURS 230, NURS 234/PHIL 234 Prerequisites: NURS 220

Provides content to enable the inactive registered nurse to resume a nursing career. Clinical experiences take place in selected sites using staff nurses as mentors or preceptors. Emphasis is placed on updating, reviewing and expanding nursing knowledge while re-establishing nursing skills. Prerequisites: Registered nurse licensure in Washington State (“limited educational” licensure); admission by instructor permission.

Nutrition courses provide preparation for nutrition and other health science disciplines. These courses satisfy the Natural Science (NS) graduation distribution requirement.

(NS) Basic principles of nutrition for pregnancy, infants, children, adolescents and adults; guidelines for healthy diet, nutrient functions and food sources; digestion, absorption and metabolism of nutrients; energy balance, weight control and sports nutrition; and the role of nutrition in physiological growth and development, maintenance of optimal health and fitness, and chronic disease prevention. Prerequisites: Eligibility for ENGL& 101 AND eligibility for MATH 96

Nutritional benefits and disadvantages of a plant-based diet. Application of knowledge through weekly food preparation sessions for applied learning of course content to include: cultural interpretation of plant-based diets, types of vegetarian diets, plant-based diets and their impact on weight-management, health and digestion, complementarity of proteins, vitamin and mineral status, and practical application in eating away from home. Prerequisites: Eligibility for ENGL& 101 AND eligibility for MATH 96

Principles of nutrition for the adult including the food pyramid for a healthy balanced diet, necessary micro and macronutrients in maintaining homeostasis, types of specialty diets, and guidelines for adequate nutrition needed to maintain optimal health. Assessing nutritional status by looking at pertinent laboratory values, calculating a patient’s BMI, and assessing a patient’s ability to ingest and digest their food. How a patient’s nutritional status is affected by chronic diseases such as Diabetes Mellitus types 1 and 2. Conditions requiring rehabilitation, and how pharmacokinetics affects and is affected by a patient’s nutritional status. Enteral feedings, with assessment of calorie needs as well as tube feeding rates and issues. Introduction to Total Parenteral Nutrition. Classroom principles are applied in the clinical setting with patients in long term care facilities. Perform assessments on patients, including nutritional status, as well as elimination needs that can be partially addressed by nutritional intake. Corequisites: NURS 120, NURS 125/PSYC 125 Prerequisites: NURS 110

Principles of nutrition for the adult with a focus on specialty diets to manage acute and chronic health alterations. Guidelines for meeting adequate nutritional needs in the adult patient that contribute to positive outcomes. Assessment of the patient condition and consideration of comorbidities to manage the types of diets that promote healing. Assessing nutritional status by looking at pertinent laboratory values, pharmacological considerations, and a patient’s ability to ingest and digest their food. Planning for managing adequate nutritional intake, as well as consulting with an interprofessional health care team to meet a patient’s changing nutritional needs. Principles are applied in the clinical setting with hospitalized patients. Perform assessments on patients that include nutritional status, as well as elimination needs that can be partially addressed by their nutritional intake. Corequisites: NURS 130 Prerequisites: NURS 120

(NS) Introductory study of sports nutrition and its relationship to health, fitness, and athletic performance. Provides specific nutritional recommendations for individuals participating in recreational exercise as well as for competitive athletes training to improve sports performance. Includes evaluation of ergogenic aids, dietary supplements, and nutritional practices promoted to enhance athletic performance. Body composition analysis also included. Meets AAS DTA Natural Science non-lab science degree requirement (Part B). Prerequisites: Eligibility for ENGL& 101 AND eligibility for MATH 96