Mealtime Assistance ... From Chaos to Calm

Background: Providing appropriate and timely mealtime assistance to hospitalized patients should be part of a multifaceted and multidisciplinary approach to optimizing a patient's nutritional care plan. Problem: There was anecdotal evidence at the study hospital that patients did not receive adequate and/or timely assistance at mealtimes. Approach: A best practice implementation project, using a proven strategy of audit, feedback, and reaudit,...