Describing Community-Based Nurses' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in the Nutritional Care of Older Adults: Results of a UK Survey.

IF 1.1 4区医学 Q4 GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY

Journal of gerontological nursing Pub Date : 2024-09-25 DOI:10.3928/00989134-20240918-01

Ashley Shield, Vittoria Romano, Sian M Robinson, Miles D Witham

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Abstract

Purpose: To ascertain current nutritional knowledge and training needs of community-based nurses caring for older adults in the United Kingdom.

Method: A descriptive cross-sectional, anonymized, online survey of nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to older adults' nutrition was developed. Community-based nurses working with older adults in the United Kingdom were recruited via social media and convenience sampling.

Results: Responses were received from 194 community-based nurses. Nutritional care was seen as a multidisciplinary responsibility by 62% of participants. Most undertook nutrition screening (93%), were confident in providing nutritional advice (83%), and ease of identifying those in need (88%) was high. However, some aspects of nutritional knowledge were less complete, including recommended daily intakes of protein (60% unsure) and fiber (52% unsure).

Conclusion: High confidence in delivering nutritional advice contrasted with uncertainty around some aspects of nutritional knowledge, suggesting opportunities to improve training on the nutritional needs of older adults. [Journal of Gerontological Nursing, xx(xx), xx-xx.].

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描述社区护士在老年人营养护理方面的知识、态度和实践：英国调查结果。

目的：了解英国护理老年人的社区护士目前的营养知识和培训需求：方法：对护士有关老年人营养的知识、态度和做法进行描述性横断面匿名在线调查。调查通过社交媒体和便利抽样的方式招募英国从事老年人护理工作的社区护士：结果：共收到 194 名社区护士的回复。62%的参与者认为营养护理是一项多学科职责。大多数人都进行了营养筛查（93%），对提供营养建议很有信心（83%），而且很容易识别有需要的人（88%）。然而，某些方面的营养知识不太全面，包括蛋白质（60% 不确定）和纤维素（52% 不确定）的每日推荐摄入量：结论：提供营养建议的信心很高，但某些方面的营养知识却不确定，这表明有机会改进有关老年人营养需求的培训。[老年护理学杂志，xx（xx），xx-xx]。

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Journal of gerontological nursing 医学-护理

CiteScore

2.00

自引率

7.70%

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审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Gerontological Nursing is a monthly, peer-reviewed journal publishing clinically relevant original articles on the practice of gerontological nursing across the continuum of care in a variety of health care settings, for more than 40 years.