Describing Community-Based Nurses' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in the Nutritional Care of Older Adults: Results of a UK Survey.
| Autor: | Shield, Ashley, Romano, Vittoria, Robinson, Sian M., Witham, Miles D. |
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NURSING audit
CROSS-sectional method MOTIVATIONAL interviewing COMMUNITY health nurses GERIATRIC nursing STATISTICAL sampling QUESTIONNAIRES NUTRITIONAL assessment DESCRIPTIVE statistics CONFIDENCE DECISION making in clinical medicine NURSES' attitudes PHYSICIAN practice patterns RESEARCH methodology GERIATRIC assessment NEEDS assessment JUDGMENT (Psychology) DIET therapy HEALTH care teams |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Gerontological Nursing; Nov2024, Vol. 50 Issue 11, p13-19, 7p |
| Abstrakt: | Purpose: To ascertain current nutritional knowledge and training needs of community-based nurses caring for older adults in the United Kingdom. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional, anonymized, online survey of nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to older adults' nutrition was developed. Community-based nurses working with older adults in the United Kingdom were recruited via social media and convenience sampling. Results: Responses were received from 194 community-based nurses. Nutritional care was seen as a multidisciplinary responsibility by 62% of participants. Most undertook nutrition screening (93%), were confident in providing nutritional advice (83%), and ease of identifying those in need (88%) was high. However, some aspects of nutritional knowledge were less complete, including recommended daily intakes of protein (60% unsure) and fiber (52% unsure). Conclusion: High confidence in delivering nutritional advice contrasted with uncertainty around some aspects of nutritional knowledge, suggesting opportunities to improve training on the nutritional needs of older adults. [Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 50(11), 13–19.] [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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