Nutritional screening and assessment tools for use by nurses: Literature review

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-83

  Green, Sue M ^a   Watson, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Literature review; Malnutrition screening; Nursing; Nutritional assessment; Nutritional screening; Screening tool

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; APPETITE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING; ELECTRONICS; FEEDING; FOOD ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INGESTION; INSTRUMENT; MALNUTRITION; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; NURSING; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 15944389513     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03350.x     Document Type: Review

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