| CODE | EHL4131 | ||||||
| TITLE | Nutrition Applications in Nursing | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Food Sciences and Nutrition | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | - The Health of the Maltese nation - The macro and micro nutrients - Food and Nutrition Policy- Maltese and international - Dietary guidelines- Maltese and international - Aspects of nutrition and dietary assessment - The role of Diet in the prevention and control of heart disease - Lifecyle nutrition- elderly, childhood and diet in pregnancy - The role of Diet in the prevention and control of diabetes. Study-unit Aims: The study-unit aims to provide nursing students with a basic knowledge of nutrition and its scientific principles, particularly in areas related to community and clinical nursing. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Have a basic knowledge of the nutrition principles relating to dietary assessment; - Have a basic knowledge of the nutrition principles relating to nutrition assessment including anthropometric techniques and standard nutrition assessment questionnaires; - Understand the key principles of dietary related conditions such as diabetes and heart disease; - Have an understanding of the current health of the Maltese nation. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Carry out basic dietary assessments; - Understand and execute basic nutrition assessments in the community/clinical setting; - Develop key skills in researching and providing basic evidence based nutrition advice in their role as nurses. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Garrow, J. S., James, W. P. T., & Ralph, A. (Eds.). (2000). Human nutrition and dietetics (10th ed.) Churchill Livingstone - Passmore, R., & Eastwood, M. A. (1986). Davidson and Passmore. Human nutrition and dietetics (8th ed.) Churchill Livingstone. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Claire Copperstone |
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