Nutritional Health Care

 

STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

The assessment of students is done in Greek, with a written examination in multiple choice and/or development and/or short-answer questions.

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The goal of the course is for students to acquire the necessary theoretical knowledge in order to understand the role of nutrition in the prevention and promotion of health, as well as the outcome of diseases.

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

• understand the basic principles of nutrition, the function of digestion, absorption and excretion of nutrients in the human body
• understand the importance of nutrition in preventing and promoting health during the life cycle
• understand the importance of nutrition in various diseases and in secondary prevention
• recognize the nutritional needs at different stages of life
• evaluate and recognize the nutritional needs of patients according to their illness and cultural background
• use nutritional risk detection methods and detect people at nutritional risk
• know the principles of clinical nutrition therapy and especially regarding artificial nutrition (intestinal-parenteral)
• plan and evaluate the application of nutritional care in clinical practice

 

GENERAL COMPETENCES

• Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies
• Work in an interdisciplinary environment
• Respect for the natural environment
• Production of new research ideas and their application in nursing practice.
• Respect for diversity and multiculturalism