Ilmu Gizi : The Nurse Practitioner ’ s Guide to Nutrition Second Edition
Nurses have outranked all professions in Gallup’s annual Honesty and Ethics Survey1 every year since 1999 (Gallup Poll). This vote of confidence from 81% of Americans participating in the survey comes with the responsibility to provide the best care to those who turn to us for information and advice to prevent disease and maintain health. Given this trust for nurses, we play a pivotal role in educating individuals about nutrition. Research findings demonstrate that consistent, intensive, lifestylebased interventions can effectively reduce the risk of chronic disease.2–4 Practitioners cite barriers to providing nutrition and lifestyle counseling such as lack of time, lack of nutrition knowledge and confidence, poor patient adherence, low levels of patient health literacy, and lack of teaching materials.5 A major key is consistency, addressing the lifestyle changes at every patient encounter where appropriate. The nutrition objectives for Healthy People 2020 state that 75% of primary care clinician office visits should include nutrition counseling for individuals with diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension.6 In addition, it may be difficult to translate nutrition science into practical dietary advice. We created The Nurse Practitioner’s Guide to Nutrition to address many of these barriers and to assist Nurse Practitioners in providing useful nutrition education and interventions to those who most stand to benefit.
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