Identifying malnourishment in geriatric patients with nutritional screenings to improve surgical outcomes

Abstract

This project is to determine if geriatric patients identified as malnourished or at risk of malnourishment by pre-operative screening with the Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA) influence surgical outcomes within 30 days of surgery for patients 65 years old and older.

Description

45th Biennial Convention 2019 Theme: Connect. Collaborate. Catalyze.

Authors

Laura Steadman
LeAnne Livingston Peoples
Cassandra U. Winston-Griffin

Author Details

Laura Steadman, EdD, FNP-BC, RN, Adult/Acute Health, Chronic Care and Foundations, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Nursing, Birmingham, Alabama, USA; LeAnne Livingston Peoples, MSN, CRNP, BSRT, Department of Perioperative Services, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA; Cassandra U. Winston-Griffin, MSN, CRNP, Perioperative Services, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Sigma Membership

Non-member

Lead Author Affiliation

The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Type

Poster

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Nutritional, Malnutrition, Elderly, Perioperative

Recommended Citation

Steadman, Laura; Peoples, LeAnne Livingston; and Winston-Griffin, Cassandra U., "Identifying malnourishment in geriatric patients with nutritional screenings to improve surgical outcomes" (2019). Convention. 253.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/convention/2019/posters_2019/253

Conference Name

45th Biennial Convention

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Washington, DC, USA

Conference Year

2019

Rights Holder

All rights reserved by the author(s) and/or publisher(s) listed in this item record unless relinquished in whole or part by a rights notation or a Creative Commons License present in this item record.

All permission requests should be directed accordingly and not to the Sigma Repository.

All submitting authors or publishers have affirmed that when using material in their work where they do not own copyright, they have obtained permission of the copyright holder prior to submission and the rights holder has been acknowledged as necessary.

Acquisition

Proxy-submission