A.S.P.E.N. Adult Nutrition Support Core Curriculum

by Charles M. Mueller

This comprehensive book addresses the principles of nutrition support and nutrition support recommendations for selected medical and surgical conditions. Professional and management issues, including home nutrition support, ethics, quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and guideline development, also are discussed. Since the last edition, new practice guidelines and research have advanced nutrition support and created greater awareness of the importance of nutrition care across the continuum of care. For example, ASPEN has updated recommendations for safe practices in enteral nutrition and the appropriate use of parenteral nutrition, and new research has demonstrated the association of malnutrition with high rates of readmission, longer hospital stays, and increased healthcare costs. This edition includes this information, among many other topics, and is a valuable resource for clinicians at all levels who aim to advance and apply this knowledge to their nutrition practice and/ or prepare for recertification in nutrition support.

845 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2012

Reviews

[Allison · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hard to follow the plot, no character development and the twist wasn’t surprising.

Jk it was useful for cnsc prep, wouldn’t recommend this beast for any other reason 😂

reviewed soley to get the pages towards my yearly reading goal since it took away so much of my reading time 🤣

[Shania Clark · Rating 5 out of 5]

If I passed the exam, 5/5 stars

[Darlene Acero · Rating 3 out of 5]

This monster took me 3 months to read (in a variety of places — it even made it to Cancun!) and I read every single chapter (30+) so you bet your bottom dollar I’m adding it to my Goodreads!!!!!

[Laura Pantera · Rating 5 out of 5]

Prepping for the CNSC exam 🤓

[Alyson Dobson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Counting this massive textbook as 8 books toward my reading goal for the year lol

[Madeline · Rating 4 out of 5]

enemies to lovers

[Heather Rose · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have to give myself credit for reading this 800+ page text book for work. It was DENSE but I also felt like the content was very repetitive and they could have done a better job editing it down. Happy to be done with this one!

[Adriana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Heck yeah I read this cover to cover for my CNSC exam. It resulted in a passing grade and I still refer to it regularly, so I think it deserves the title of Work Bible.

[Natalie Navestad · Rating 5 out of 5]

spent most of the year reading this so it’s going my goodreads obviously

[Angela Hamilton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great resource for the CNSC exam. Read every chapter. Be prepared for typos. It’s pieced together from several authors. Usually published every 5 years. Latest version did not come out on time…maybe due to covid. If you contact ASPEN nutrition, they will usually let you know if you need to purchase the current book or if the new one will be out in time for your studies. The authors often write in overly complicated terms. We get it, you’re intelligent. We are on a time crunch. We need this info in layman’s terms. We don’t have time to read and reread it 10 times to figure out what we just read. I keep this book long after my studies though because it’s a great resource for dietitians! Good luck becoming a certified nutrition support clinician!!!

[Christine · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book cover-to-cover while studying for the CNSC for 4 months (June thru September). It has practice scenarios and questions in each section and includes a great section on nutrition assessment and malnutrition (including 4 different types of malnutrition and real world examples of s/s for documentation). The information provided in this text is in-depth yet highly practical. This is the Core Curriculum for the CNSC exam, but every nutrition support dietitian should read this book and keep it as a clinical reference guide.

[Chen · Rating 3 out of 5]

McGill, NUTR 545

[Keri Phillips · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very thorough textbook and excellent to keep around for reference.