Attitudes of nursing staff towards nutritional nursing care

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 223-231

  Christensson, Lennart ^a   Unosson, Mitra ^a   Bachrach Lindström, Margareta ^a   Ek, Anna Christina ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Measurement; Municipal care; Nutritional nursing care; Residents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME FOR THE AGED; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING HOME; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; SWEDEN;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SWEDEN;

EID: 0242271914     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-6712.2003.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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