Nurses’ self‐reported knowledge about and attitude to nutrition – before and after a training programme

Abstract

The findings suggest that a short-duration training programme enhances nurses' awareness of nutrition care, but it is not enough to achieve the nurses' full understanding of their responsibility for nutrition care.

Nutrition knowledge, attitudes and practices among healthcare workers in management of chronic kidney diseases in selected hospitals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; a cross-sectional study

“…Information from health workers to patients has been found to have a positive and significant correlation with adoption of dietary behavior and reduced risk of nutrition related chronic disease [7]. However, ability of healthcare workers to provide accurate, practical and consistent dietary advice appropriate to the needs of patients is limited [7,8].…”

“…This gap is further compounded by the fact that patients and the public remain confused about the correct nutritional advice to follow given the widespread media interest attracted by diet and the disparity in nutrition-related health messages that are in circulation [6]. Information from health workers to patients has been found to have a positive and significant correlation with adoption of dietary behavior and reduced risk of nutrition related chronic disease [7]. However, ability of healthcare workers to provide accurate, practical and consistent dietary advice appropriate to the needs of patients is limited [7,8].…”

Students’ experiences of learning manual clinical skills through simulation

“…Working in pairs was described by the students as valuable for reflection and different kinds of feedback. Peer learning is used in clinical placements, but it has not previously been discussed in relation to simulation skills training (Bjerrum, 2011).…”

The nursing contribution to nutritional care in cancer cachexia

“…Nurses have been shown to place low priority on nutritional care (23) , to consider their nutritional education (31) , to not follow guidelines for screening and intervention for those malnourished or at nutritional risk (23,(32)(33)(34) , and to feel powerless to make improvements (28) because of other responsibilities and workload demands with more immediate and obvious consequences (35) . Martin et al (25) conducted an on-line survey of Australian practice nurses, which helps explain the low priority given to nutritional care.…”