Document Type
Honors Thesis
Abstract
There is a lack of registered nurses’ knowledge related to nutritional needs of patients. Furthermore, poor self-care in their own lives regarding healthy eating may lead to inadequate patient education and poorer patient outcomes in managing their health. Barriers identified for RNs include: not having a nutrition course, feeling that patient teaching of healthy eating is of lesser importance, a paucity of time and confidence to do so, or thinking it is the job of a dietician. The purpose of this research is to identify RNs nutritional knowledge and how nurses’ nutritional education and practice affects their teaching and patient outcomes.
Publication Date
5-1-2019
Language
English
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Walther, Courtney, "THE REGISTERED NURSE’S LACK OF KNOWLEDGE, PRACTICE, AND PATIENT TEACHING OF NUTRITIONAL NEEDS" (2019). 2019 Spring Honors Capstone Projects. 36.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/honors_spring2019/36