The effect of Nutrition Screening Initiative Checklist on the ability of nurses’ nutrition nursing behavior

Objective To apply Nutrition Screening Initiative Checklist to improve the ability of clinical nurses’ nutrition nursing behavior.Methods A nutrition screening tool developed by Denmark Society Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Association and recommended by ESPEN ( European Society Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition) was performed to observe patients.An audit tool which was designed by the National Health Service [NHS] in England to audit nurses'nutrition nursing behavior was adopted.One-to-one researcher-to-participant observations and documentation were conducted to audit 113 clinical nurses'nutrition nursing behavior in one day's nursing workResults Six of 20 audit criteria were 100％ achieved before and after the screening.After the screening,10 criteria were significantly improved (P ＜ 0.0001 ),1 criteria was improved ( P ＜ 0.05 ),whereas 1 criteria was failed to observe ; while 2 criteria had no significant difference (P ＞ 0.05) (one of which was more than 95％ achieved,and the other one was 0％ and 4.1％ achieved before and after the screening respectively).Conclusions The application of nutrition screening and assessment tool can lead nurses to care patients’ nutrition problems and improve the ability of nurses’ nutrition care behavior. Key words: Nutrition screening tool;  Malnutrition;  Hospital nutrition ;  Nurse ;  Nursing behavior