Nurses and nutrition: A survey of knowledge and attitudes regarding nutrition assessment and care of hospitalized elderly patients

Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 357-364

  Boaz, Mona ^a,b   Rychani, Lydia ^a   Barami, Kohava ^c   Houri, Zahava ^c   Yosef, Ruth ^d   Siag, Avital ^e   Berlovitz, Yitzhak ^c   Leibovitz, Eyal ^a  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^e Barzilai Medical Center ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELDER NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84881522075     PISSN: 00220124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00220124-20130603-89     Document Type: Article

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