By Carolyn Best
This ebook presents a entire examine all points of meals from roles and tasks to taking good care of a sufferer with particular dietary wishes. it's aimed essentially at nurses and addresses a number of the matters they are going to come across while taking care of sufferers dietary wishes in a health center surroundings. It additionally highlights the advantages of a sanatorium dependent meals crew offering a multidisciplinary method of food. It contains a variety of case reviews to explain a number of the concerns mentioned and concludes by means of interpreting matters that have to be thought of earlier than discharging a sufferer domestic from health facility into the neighborhood.
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The survey identified that more than one in four adults admitted to hospital, mental units or care homes were at risk of malnutrition and urged all such institutions to implement nutrition screening on admission to ensure that patients at risk of malnutrition are identified and that a nutritional care plan is provided for them. A basic nutrition screen may include some or all of the following: • • • • • A review of the patient’s diet, drug and medical history. e. calculating body mass index (BMI).
E. little interobserver variation). • It must be a practical document that is simple to use. • It should not contain irrelevant information. : ᭺ referral to a dietitian for those patients screened at risk ᭺ development of nutrition care plans. , 2003 14 • • • • Nutrition: A Handbook for Nurses Assessment: A detailed examination of metabolic, nutritional or functional variables should be undertaken by an expert clinician, dietitian or nutrition nurse. Monitoring and outcome: The effectiveness of the care plan should be monitored by defined measurements and observations that will direct the nutritional care provided to the patient.
In hospitals where a thorough nutrition screening process is undertaken on admission and the use of a multidisciplinary approach to nutrition is used, the effects of malnutrition can be minimised. It is important to remember that malnutrition is both a cause and a consequence of ill health, and that it is surprisingly common in the United Kingdom (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, 2006). References Age Concern (2006) Hungry to be Heard: The scandal of malnourished older people in hospital, Age Concern, London.