Introducing a nutrition screening tool: An exploratory study in a district general hospital

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-23

  Jordan, Sue ^a   Snow, Dawn ^a   Hayes, Chris ^b   Williams, Anne ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Withybush General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Nursing; Nutrition screening tools; Outcome evaluation; Referral boundaries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIETITIAN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RECORDING; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WARD; WORKPLACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING;

EID: 0142214423     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02763.x     Document Type: Article

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