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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: NFS 401, Corequisite for students in Coordinated Program in Dietetics: NFS 446. Second of a three-course sequence examining the interrelationships of physiology, biochemistry, and nutrition as related to medical nutritional therapy. Emphasizes the role of nutrition in preventing and treating disease/disorders: diabetes mellitus, hypoglycemia, renal, liver, biliary, neurological, and dysphagia.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: NFS 402. Third of a three-course sequence examining the interrelationships of physiology, biochemistry, and nutrition as related to medical nutritional therapy. Addresses cancer, upper and lower gastrointestinal (GI) disorders, exocrine pancreas, pulmonary disease, metabolic stress, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), rheumatic disorders, transplantation, parenteral and enteral nutrition. Explores the relationship between MNT and immunity and genetics.
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2.00 Credits
2, 1/2 Prerequisites: NFS 316 and NFS 401. Theories and methods of learning, communication, and counseling as they apply to nutrition education and counseling settings; development, implementation, and assessment of an instructional unit using various forms of multimedia.
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2.00 Credits
2, 2/0 Introduction to medical terminology and abbreviations, use of medical records, medicalrecord documentation, applying principles of interviewing and counseling to clinical practice, usual hospital diets, and reimbursement for nutritional therapy.
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2.00 Credits
2, 1/0 Prerequisites: NFS 403 and NFS 419. Formalized observation and experience in a variety of health-care settings, such as clinical, community, food service, or regulatory agencies.
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2.00 Credits
2, 2/0 Prerequisite: Statistics course; NFS 402. Students explore various research designs and characteristics of quantitative nutrition studies. Emphasis on the process of critiquing and interpreting randomized clinical trials.
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3.00 Credits
3, 0/9 Prerequisites: NFS 302 and NFS 315. Corequisites: NFS 401 and NFS 419. First in a series of nutritional care courses promoting professional development for dietetic practice. Emphasis on basic skills for a professional role and application of normal nutrition knowledge. Interviewing skills, use of dietary tools and techniques, and planning and teaching nutrition education classes are fostered through observation and practice. Clinical experiences with well individuals throughout the life span provide opportunities for learning and self-evaluation. Clinical dress code required.
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4.00 Credits
4, 0/12 Prerequisite: NFS 445. Corequisite: NFS 402. Students are assigned patients in acute-care settings to correlate with Applied Nutrition II theory. Students assess nutritional status, define nutritional needs, plan for nutritional care, and implement care on a beginning level after establishing criteria for evaluation of care for selected patients. Clinical dress code required.
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5.00 Credits
5, 0/15 Prerequisite: NFS 446. Corequisite: NFS 403. Students refine and apply knowledge and skills in providing nutritional care for individuals (adults and children) with acute and chronic nutritional problems or diseases. Clinical dress code required.
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5.00 Credits
5, 0/10 Prerequisites: NFS 403 and NFS 447. Establish priorities among required activities to provide care for patients in an assigned hospital unit; provide nutritional care to groups of patients; integrate pertinent information about individual patients with theoretical knowledge to develop appropriate nutritional-care plans; make appropriate use of available resources; develop appropriate levels of nutritional care to patients independently and in concert with existing nutritional-care systems. Clinical dress code required.
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