Nurses' positive attitudes to nutritional management but limited knowledge of nutritional assessment in Korea

International Nursing Review

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 333-339

  Kim, H ^a   Choue, R ^b  

^a Medical Nutrition ^*

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Assessment Criteria; Attitudes; Clinical Practice; Hospitalized Patients; Knowledge; Korea; Management; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIET THERAPY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITION THERAPY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 68949133047     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2009.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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