Nutritional status: a basic 'vital sign'.
The purpose of this article is to alert and inform the home healthcare nurse about the national focus on the unacceptably high levels of malnutrition in the elderly; its significance in patient outcome; the effort of the Nutrition Screening Initiative to help all healthcare professionals incorporate routine nutrition screening and intervention activities into healthcare practice; and the simple screening tools available to assist in evaluations.
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D000368:Aged; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D003663:Decision Trees; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D009737:Nursing Records; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009752:Nutritional Status; D012307:Risk Factors