Consultations by Nutrition Support Team (NST)
10.2185/jjrm.53.805
- Author:
Naoko KURAMASU
;
Junko YAMAMOTO
;
Utako FUKUHARA
;
Yumiko YOKOI
;
Kimie KOBAYASHI
;
Yumiko SHIOKAWA
;
Shoichi ISAKA
;
Tsutomu TOMINAGA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Nutrition Assessment;
Nutritional status;
Nutritional Support;
Hospitals;
Consultation
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
2004;53(5):805-810
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
Our hospital has a nutrition support team (NST) serving inpatients of all department. Two years ago, the team started activities with the motto “Apt nutritional management for inpatients”. It is an interdepartmental unit consisting of physicians, nurses, dietitians, pharmacists and speech therapists. Initially we found it difficult to make time to join forces, but now it has become possible to screen patients for undernourishment on a weekly basis while making nutritional assessment and planning, and holding consultations. The main purpose of the consultations is to improve the nutritional status of patients according to plans formulated after nutritional assessment made at the request of physicians and nurses in charge of the patients. To achieve the objective, we are expected to concentrate all our efforts and brains. This paper presents some consultation cases we have handled. In addition, the nutritional assessment and nutritional intervention activities of our hospital are described.
