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Scand J Caring Sci; 2013; 27; 440–448

‘The transit of the food trolley’– malnutrition in older people and nurses’ perception of the problem

Aims:  To investigate how the issue of malnutrition in institutionalised older people is perceived by nurses in a Teaching Hospital in Italy and how some aspects that can prevent malnutrition are dealt with.

Background:  Malnutrition in institutionalised older people is still a significant and unresolved problem. Many studies have been published on the inadequacy of nutritional care. Nurses play a strategic and key role in the prevention of malnutrition. Knowing how nurses perceive the problem of malnutrition and how they deal with aspects that can prevent malnutrition can be an important starting point for implementing strategies that will improve overall nutritional care.

Methods:  A Focus Group (FGs) study was conducted in a Teaching Hospital in the north‐west of Italy with 33 …