Investing in patients’ nutrition: nutrition risk screening in hospital
Journal: Australian journal of advanced nursing
Year: 2011

Objective: This paper explores the current state of knowledge and evidence for investing in the nutrition screening of patients in hospital. Setting: Hospitals. Subjects: Hospital patients; nursing care. Primary argument: Nutrition screening of hospital patients is widely supported in evidence‑based guidelines because poor nutritional status has a negative impact, increasing patients’ morbidity, mortality and length of hospital stay. Screening is often undertaken by nurses as part of the patient