Malnutrition and nutritional care practices in hospital wards for older people

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 736-746

  Vanderwee, Katrien ^a   Clays, Els ^a   Bocquaert, Ilse ^a   Verhaeghe, Sofie ^a   Lardennois, Miguel ^b   Gobert, Micheline ^c   Defloor, Tom ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Federal Public Service Health   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Geriatric hospital wards; Healthcare professionals; Hospital malnutrition; Nursing; Nutritional care; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MASS SCREENING; NURSING STAFF; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BELGIUM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ELDER NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MASS SCREENING; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 79952722562     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05531.x     Document Type: Article

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