Assessing and managing malnutrition in adults in hospital.

This article discusses the effects of disease-related malnutrition and outlines the role of screening tools and assessment in identifying patients who are malnourished or at risk of becoming malnourished. It also describes the nursing care that should be provided to patients with disease-related malnutrition, and emphasises the importance of using a multidisciplinary team approach involving speech and language therapists, dieticians, occupational therapists and physiotherapists. PMID: 30284778 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Nursing Standard - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Nurs Stand Source Type: research