Nurses' role in nutritional assessment and screening: Second of a two-part series

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Malnutrition is recognized as a major risk for patients in hospital, and nurses have the responsibility to monitor the risk. The British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN) has developed the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool to help standardize the approach to nutritional assessment by identifying patients who are at risk of becoming malnourished.

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Using the 'Getting it Right' tool for children and young people

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Studies reveal that ensuring that primary care nurses can address the health needs of babies, children and young people is critically important. Thus a self-assessment tool to identify skills and competencies is launched and a brief overview of the 'Getting it Right for Children and Young People: A Self-assessment Tool for Practice Nurses' tool is presented.

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Caring for bereaved people 2: nursing management

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Nurses' need to develop necessary skills and knowledge to provide high standards of care, especially when helping bereaved relatives to cope.

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