M.Cur. / The intensive care nurse is lawfully required to maintain the nutrition of patients in the intensive care unit with which she is concerned, This includes the assessment of the nutritional status, planning and implementation of the nutritional regimen, as well as evaluation of the effect of nutritional support on the patient. Recording of this information is an important part of the abovementioned processes. Through the correct and scientific administering of nutritional support, as well as co-operation by the members of the nutritional support.team, aid the intensive care nurse in restoring, maintaining and promoting the patient's health. The intensive care nurse hereby facilitates the patient's aim to be healthy. The purpose of this study is: to determine the involvement of the nutritional support team with regard to the nutritional regimens of patients in surgical intensive care units; - to evaluate existing individual nutritional regimens of patients in the concerned intensive care units, and to establish guidelines for the nurse in intensive care units, regarding the administering of nutrition to the surgical patient. An exploratory-descriptive research design in questioning and retrospective auditing, is used. by means of one structured audit form. The results indicate the following: which use is made of Auditing has taken place - the involvement of the members of the nutritional support team, especially the dietician who should play an important role in the nutritional support of patients in surgical intensive care units, is inadequate; - the steps in the process of nutritional support, namely assessment of the nutritional status and planning of nutritional regimens achieved a low percentage of entirety. Implementation achieved a high percentage, but it was the complete execution of nutritional regimens that was inadequately planned. Furthermore the nurse's report regarding the evaluation of nutritional regimens and nutritional status was present, but incomplete and inaccurate...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:10666 |
| Date | 15 April 2014 |
| Creators | Swanepoel, Anel |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | University of Johannesburg |
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