Journal of Nursing & Care

Kelsey Watson

Publications

• Review Article
  Nutrition as a Vital Sign: Progress Since the 1990 Multidisciplinary Nutrition Screening Initiative and Opportunities for Nursing
  Author(s): Kelsey Watson, Marie Farrell, Mary Beth Arensberg and Johanna DwyerKelsey Watson, Marie Farrell, Mary Beth Arensberg and Johanna Dwyer
  
  Vital signs provide critical information about health and help form the baseline for clinical care. Twenty years ago, the Nutrition Screening Initiative posed nutrition screening as a vital sign for older Americans but this has still not occurred. Nursing is on the frontline for monitoring as well as working to improve nutrition intake in collaboration with dietitians and other healthcare professionals. This article describes the importance of malnutrition screening, key indicators of elder well-being, and how the older American population has changed in the last few decades. The article also chronicles the multidisciplinary Nutrition Screening Initiative, its accomplishments, challenges, and new developments including new screening data collection instruments and the frailty index. Other developments described are the Alliance to Advance Patient Nutrition's intervention framework.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168.1000224

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