A successful way for performing nutritional nursing assessment in older patients

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 431-439

  Söderhamn, Ulrika ^a   Söderhamn, Olle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aged; Hermeneutics; Nurses; Nutritional risk; Qualitative design; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COOPERATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 58349121330     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02378.x     Document Type: Article

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