Easier way to get a field's value when given a node object from node_load I'm trying to get a CCK text field's value using node_load() - the code goes like $nodeObject-&gt;field_name['und']['0']['value'];

Is there a simpler built-in function like get_cck_field_value(node $nodeObject) that I can use, or do I write it myself?
You can use field_get_items() like this:

field_get_items('node', $node, $field_name);


Also see What's best practice when working with the language['und']?.