Nutrition Essentials for Nursing Practice
Dudek · 9th Edition · ISBN 9781975161125 · Wolters Kluwer Health
Complete chapter-by-chapter study guide aligned with Nutrition Essentials for Nursing Practice (9th Edition). Includes summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions for all 24 chapters.
Overview
Dudek's Nutrition Essentials for Nursing Practice (9th Edition) is a widely assigned nutrition text in undergraduate nursing programs, connecting the science of nutrients to real clinical care across the lifespan and across disease states. This study guide is built to match it chapter for chapter, so you review in the same order your professor teaches — from nutrition in health, dietary guidelines, and the macronutrients and micronutrients through energy balance, cultural and religious influences, nutrition for pregnancy, infancy, childhood, and older adults, and medical nutrition therapy for diabetes, cardiovascular, kidney, GI, cancer, and critical-illness clients. You get the priority concepts, key nutrient functions, and the must-know nursing and patient-teaching points, plus NCLEX-style practice that mirrors how nutrition is tested. It is an independent, aligned study aid — not the textbook itself and not a reproduction of it — designed to help you focus on high-yield material and prepare efficiently for exams.
Aligned with undergraduate nursing nutrition courses and written in an NCLEX-style, mirroring how medical nutrition therapy and patient teaching are tested on course exams and the licensure exam.
What you'll learn
The major topics this guide walks you through, matched to the textbook's order:
- Nutrition in health
- Guidelines for healthy eating
- Carbohydrates, protein, and lipids
- Vitamins, water, and minerals
- Energy balance
- Cultural influences on nutrition
- Nutrition in pregnancy and infancy
- Nutrition for older adults
- Enteral and parenteral nutrition
- Nutrition for obesity and eating disorders
- Nutrition for diabetes mellitus
- Nutrition for cardiovascular disorders
- Nutrition for kidney disorders
- Nutrition for cancer and HIV/AIDS
Need the textbook itself?
Nutrition Essentials for Nursing Practice by Susan Dudek, published by Wolters Kluwer Health, is a leading nursing nutrition text known for linking nutrient science to clinical care and patient teaching, widely assigned in undergraduate nursing programs.
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Chapters covered
Every chapter below is fully covered in the PDF — summary, learning objectives, key terms, and NCLEX-style practice questions with rationales.
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What exactly do I get?
A printable PDF study guide covering all 24 chapters of Nutrition Essentials for Nursing Practice (9th Edition) — chapter summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions with rationales. One file, lifetime access, no subscription.
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Does this match the 9th Edition?
Yes, it is built around the 9th Edition (ISBN 9781975161125) chapter structure used in your course.
Does it include NCLEX-style questions?
Yes. The practice reflects how nutrition and medical nutrition therapy are tested in NCLEX-style format.
Is this the textbook itself?
No. It is an independent study guide aligned to the textbook's chapters to help you review.
Will it match my edition?
This guide is built around the 9th Edition. If your class uses a different edition, chapter numbering may shift slightly, but the topics and learning objectives are usually unchanged.
Do I still need the textbook?
The study guide is a companion, not a replacement — it helps you study efficiently and review fast, but you'll still want the textbook for full depth and any assigned readings. You can buy new, rent, or find a used copy through the price links on this page.
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Is this a test bank or copied from the textbook?
No. This is an original study guide written to align with Nutrition Essentials for Nursing Practice — summaries, objectives, and practice questions with rationales, not a reproduced publisher test bank or copied text.
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About this study guide
This is an original study guide written to align with the topics and learning objectives covered in Nutrition Essentials for Nursing Practice (9th Edition) by Dudek. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or licensed by Wolters Kluwer Health or the textbook's authors. All summaries, practice questions, and explanations are independently authored.