PHT 118W - Foundations of Clinical Nutrition for Nursing & Health Professionals, 3 credit hours

The focus of this course is on the promotion of nutritional health for Nursing and other students training to enter the field of health professions. With a focus on clinical nutrition, the principles of human nutrition at all stages of the life cycle are emphasized. Growth and development needs are incorporated into the maintenance and restoration of nutritional health and in the prevention of nutritional deficit or development of chronic disease. Assessment of nutritional status along with the social, religious, and cultural factors that affect nutrition at a population level is emphasized.