title: Nutritional screening and assessment.
abstract: Health professionals need to take part in nutritional screening and assessment. Nutritional screening tools must meet criteria for reliability and validity. A number of assessment techniques can be used to establish nutritional status. Effective interdisciplinary working can improve outcome.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Healthcare Sciences, Kingston University, Surrey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McLaren
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*