Holmes S
Nurs Times. 1996;92(12):43-5.
This paper is the third in our literature review series and looks at the subject of nutrition. In 1859 Florence Nightingale suggested that thousands of patients were 'annually starved in the midst of plenty, from want of attention to the ways which alone make it possible for them to take food'. Over 130 years later it is still being suggested that nutrition remains a neglected area of patient care. It is sobering to realise that little has changed in this time. This paper provides an overview of malnutrition in hospitals and investigates the factors contributing to the high incidence of nutritional depletion which, even today, is so common in hospital patients.
本文是我们文献综述系列的第三篇，探讨的主题是营养。1859年，弗洛伦斯·南丁格尔指出，每年都有成千上万的患者“身处充裕之中却被饿死，原因是缺乏对能让他们摄取食物的唯一方式的关注”。130多年后的今天，仍有人指出营养在患者护理中依然是一个被忽视的领域。意识到在这段时间里几乎没有什么改变，着实令人警醒。本文概述了医院中的营养不良情况，并调查了导致营养消耗高发率的因素，即便在今天，这种情况在住院患者中仍很常见。
