Using intervention mapping to develop an outpatient nursing nutritional intervention to improve nutritional status in undernourished patients planned for surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Undernutrition in surgical patients leads to a higher risk of postoperative complications like infections and delayed recovery of gastrointestinal functions, often resulting in a longer hospital stay and lower quality of life. Nurses at outpatient clinics can deliver nutritional care during outpatient preoperative evaluation of health status to ensure that patients are properly fed in preparation for hospital admission for surgery. However, nutritional nursing care was not determined in research yet. This paper describes the structural development of an Outpatient Nursing Nutritional Intervention (ONNI).

Methods

A project group followed the steps of the Intervention Mapping. The needs assessment included assessment of delivery of nutritional care and nutritional c

SUBMITTER: van Noort HHJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7047387 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature