Haney Patty
Caring. 2003 Jan;22(1):24-8.
The need for proper nutrition exists for every home care patient. This need is heightened when trauma, illness, or disease challenges the body. Home care professionals can have a positive impact on patient outcomes by remaining alert to key nutritional issues. The author shares tips and includes a nutrition checklist created by the Nutrition Screening Initiative to help health care providers recognize the warning signs of nutritional risk. When the entire home health team works toward meeting the very basic physiological needs for adequate nourishment, patient outcomes cannot help but be enhanced.
每位居家护理患者都有获得适当营养的需求。当外伤、疾病或病症对身体构成挑战时，这种需求就会更加迫切。居家护理专业人员若能对关键营养问题保持警觉，就能对患者的治疗效果产生积极影响。作者分享了一些小贴士，并附上了营养筛查倡议组织制定的营养清单，以帮助医疗保健提供者识别营养风险的警示信号。当整个居家健康团队致力于满足充足营养这一最基本的生理需求时，患者的治疗效果必然会得到提升。
