Integrating nutrition into pathways for patients with COPD.
This article looks at the role of the community nurse in assessing the nutritional status of patients with COPD and in integrating nutrition into the COPD care pathway.
Chair, Association of Respiratory Nurse Specialists; Honorary Respiratory Nurse Consultant, Homerton University Hospital, London.
Matthew
M
Hodson
D003152:Community Health Nursing; D019091:Critical Pathways; D004045:Dietary Services; D006801:Humans; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics / Q000451:nursing*; D020380:Needs Assessment; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing*
COPD; low BMI; malnutrition; nutritional screening; oral nutritional supplements