Nurses play an important role in identifying, monitoring and managing patients with or at risk of malnutrition. A number of resources have been developed to assist nurses in the detection, prevention and management of malnutrition including:
Integrating nutritional screening and care into their current practice and how they might engage with other key stakeholders to implement the malnutrition pathway.
Management of malnutrition according to risk category: A screening and management pathway using 'MUST' that can be used across care settings to identify adults who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition.
Oral Nutritional Supplements: Where individuals require (or already have) a prescription of ONS, this pathway will guide you in setting goals, deciding on dose and duration of ONS, how and when to monitor progress and when to discontinue prescription.
A Guide to Managing Adult Malnutrition in the Community: the complete document is available.
A selection of publications for use by healthcare professionals, patients and carers are available in the resources section of the website.
A number of resources are available that have been developed to support patients and carers.
A number of resources are available that have been developed to assist healthcare professionals supporting patients at risk of malnutrition as a result of a specific condition. These include:
We can be contacted regarding the malnutrition pathway materials and website
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