An audit of nutritional care in a health board in Scotland.
This article's aim is to describe the processes used and results found when conducting an audit of nutritional care within a health board area in Scotland. Nutritional standards and an audit tool were developed by a multidisciplinary team and all in-patient clinical areas took part. The results demonstrate that there is still a considerable amount of work that needs to be undertaken to ensure that patients are getting the most effective and efficient nutritional care and this article denotes some of the initiatives instilled to address areas of identified challenges.
Beech
Chris
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Services for Older People, NHS Forth Valley, Carseview House, Stirling.
Hill
Rachel
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Morrison
Mirian
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Moss
Margaret
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McInnes
Louise
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D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D004046:Dietetics / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards; D005521:Food Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000592:standards; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D008612:Menu Planning / Q000592:standards; D020380:Needs Assessment; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D018673:Nutrition Policy; D018529:Nutritional Support / Q000592:standards*; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000592:standards; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000592:standards; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012606:Scotland; D013222:State Medicine / Q000592:standards*