Fed-up with nutrition?

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On completion of the article the reader should be able to:

• Identify the foods required for bone health and the quantities required

• Identify through nutritional assessment patients at risk of dietary deficiency in nutrients required for bone health

• Provide realistic and achievable general advice on dietary requirements for bone health

• Appreciate the role of supplements.

UKCC CATEGORIES

This article will enable the reader to address PREP categories:

• Reducing risk

• Care enhancement

• Practice development

• Education development.

Examples of how this may be achieved and possible evidence for the reader's professional profile are given throughout the article. Other ways to demonstrate your professional development may be to:

• Introduce nutritional assessment into everyday nursing practice

• Keep a copy of this article together with the notes you make whilst completing the reflection items in text.