Nutrition care practices in hospital wards: Results from the Nutrition Care Day Survey 2010

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 995-1001

  Agarwal, Ekta ^a   Ferguson, Maree ^a,b   Banks, Merrilyn ^a,c   Batterham, Marijka ^d   Bauer, Judith ^a   Capra, Sandra ^a   Isenring, Elisabeth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australasian Nutrition Care Day Survey; Dietary interventions; Evidence based guidelines; Malnutrition; Nutrition risk; Screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DIETETICS; FEEDING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION SCREENING TOOL; MALNUTRITION UNIVERSAL SCREENING TOOL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRITION; NUTRITION CARE PRACTICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; SCREENING; WARD;

AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETETICS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84870253101     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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