Nurses' views and practices regarding use of validated nutrition screening tools

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-33

  Raja, Rubina ^a   Gibson, Simone ^a   Turner, Alana ^a   Winderlich, Jacinta ^a   Porter, Judi ^a   Cant, Robyn ^b   Aroni, Rosalie ^b  

^a Southern Health   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Hospitalisation; Malnutrition; Nurses; Nutrition assessment; Nutrition screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849118262     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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