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Category: Anatomy, Biology, Chemistry, Physiology

Exemplars of Nutrition

This module overviews some exemplars of undernutrition and overnutrition spanning topics such as eating disorders and obesity. This also provides potential resources to utilize when treating patients.

Sep 23, 2020

Adaptations of Nutrition

This module introduces how to safely implement enteral, parental, and medical diets.

Sep 23, 2020

A Well-Balanced Diet

This module provides insight on a well-balanced diet and put nutrition in the perspective of a patient’s life, socioeconomic conditions, and culture. It introduces nursing assessments, screening, and tests that offers insight on a patient’s nutritional health.

Sep 23, 2020

First Look into Nutrition: Basics and Definition

This module is an introduction to the definition and aspects of nutrition that are foundational in nursing practice and patient care. Additionally, this will provide nursing students with the knowledge needed to educate their patients

Sep 23, 2020

Interprofessional Evaluation and Management of Dysphagia

Dysphagia is defined as difficulty swallowing safely or efficiently to meet nutrition and hydration needs. It can result from problems in the neurological system as well as structures within the oral cavity,pharynx, esophagus, or gastroesophageal junction. While dysphagia can affect individuals of all ages, it most often presents among the elderly and in persons with […]

Aug 24, 2020

swallowing anatomy

Bone Growth and Clinical Application to Dentistry

This module introduces the mechanisms of bone growth and corresponding clinical relevance to dentistry. 

Aug 18, 2020