Chapter 30: Assisting patients with their nutritional needs

1. Identify whether these tools can be used for paediatric patients.

  1. Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool
  2. Modified Malnutrition Screening Tool
  3. Mini Nutritional Assessment

Answer: a. No, b. No, c. No

2. Are the following tools suitable for children under a year old?

  1. Screening Tool for the Assessment of Malnutrition in Paediatrics
  2. Paediatric Yorkhill Malnutrition Score

Answer: a. No, b. No

3. Malnourished patients visit their GP twice as frequently as those who are well nourished and have an increased risk of being admitted to hospital. True or false

Answer: True

4. Nasogastric tubes normally need replacing every ______ days.

Answer: 10–28