Nurses' Perceptions Regarding the Prevalence, Detection, and Causes of Malnutrition in Canadian Hospitals: Results of a Canadian Malnutrition Task Force Survey

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 100-106

  Duerksen, Donald R ^a   Keller, Heather H ^b   Vesnaver, Elisabeth ^c   Laporte, M A N O N ^d   Jeejeebhoy, Khursheed ^e   Payette, Hélène ^f   Gramlich, L E A H ^g   Bernier, Paule ^h   Allard, Johane P ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d Vitalité Health Network   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^h MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

assistance with eating; hospitalized patients; malnutrition; nurses; nutrition assessment; nutrition education; nutrition screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84950323078     PISSN: 01486071     EISSN: 19412444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148607114548227     Document Type: Article

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