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News and practice for nurses keen to advance their nutrition knowledge
Hospital nutrition
Guidance on improving nutrition in hospitals launched
Guidance to help hospital staff improve standards of nutrition and hydration care, particularly among older patients, has been published.
Assessment
New guidance on the insertion of balloon gastrostomy
Guidance has been issued for nurses on the insertion of balloon gastrostomy tubes, as more patients are receiving enteral feeding.
Hydration
Why do nurses sometimes ask the wrong questions?
When nurses fail to ask the right questions, the results can be dire, as the case of Kane Gorny shows. Nurses have to face some uncomfortable psychological truths.
Enteral feeding
Administration of medicines via an enteral feeding tube
How to be safe when administering drugs to patients with an enteral feeding tube
Dysphagia
Medication errors in patients with dysphagia
A study examined whether medication errors were more common in acute hospital patients with dysphagia than those without, and the type and cause of such errors.
Malnutrition
Malnutrition needs identifying in the community
Findings from a national survey show that malnutrition is still under-recognised
Fasting
'Pre-operative fasting guides can still fall short of the mark'
Mr Jones is on the surgical ward following an elective hemicolectomy.
NNG
Supported by the National Nurses Nutrition Group
News
Debate
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'Nursing is nursing the world over'
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Will new DH standards for hospital food improve patient nutrition?
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'If food is visible, patients make a better choice'
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What can I do to aid the accuracy of X-rays in checking NG tube positioning?
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'Breastfeeding is something women need easy access to information about'
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How can nurses help increase breastfeeding prevalence?
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Do red trays improve food intake?
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Malnourishment and food etiquette in hospitals
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Are there any circumstances where covert administration of drugs is acceptable?
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'Skateboards will be needed to deliver hourly ward rounds'
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How can nurses be engaged in intentional rounding?
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#NurChat discusses “Should nurses be healthy role models?”
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Identifying MCADD risk in the antenatal period: tips for healthcare professionals
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'Calling nurses a drain on public finances is a downright insult'
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'Nurses are wizards of service improvements'
