Is altered nutritional status the root cause of your clients' negative outcomes?

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 41-56

  Cole, Cathy ^a   Bigando, Kelli ^c   DeSutter, Stacy ^b  

^a MISSOURI SOUTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b St John's Regional Medical Center Joplin   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aspiration pneumonia; CVA; Dysphagia; Malnutrition; Nutritional assessment; Quality improvement; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; DYSPHAGIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING PROCESS; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MISSOURI; NURSING PROCESS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0033630223     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200001000-00007     Document Type: Article

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