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The Bone marrow transplant patient : a clinical pathway for nutritional support

Spinks, S

The Bone marrow transplant patient : a clinical pathway for nutritional support - Thesis (BSc Hons)-Manchester University, 1999

Introduction ; Literature review ; Nutritional needs in the BMT patient ; Symbolism of food and the BMT patient ; Current management of nutrition for BMT patients ; Parenteral and enteral nutrition ; Values and attitudes of nurses towards nutrition ; Methods ; Clinical pathways ; Clinical pathways and BMT patients ; The methodological approach ; An analysis of previously developed clinical pathways for nutrition ; Design of the clinical pathway ; Implementation in practice ; Frequency of usage ; Implementation of the clinical pathway ; Evaluation of the tool ; Discussion ; Review of clinical pathways ; Critique of the tool ; Action research process ; Research based nursing practice ; Feedback and implementation of change ; Clinical pathways in cancer nursing ; Development of the dissertation ; Further research ; Conclusion ; References ; Appendices

The dissertation critically reviews the literature related to nutritional needs of BMT patients, including the current management of nutritional support incorporating analysis of the benefits of parenteral and enteral feeding.


Theses, Nursing
Bone Marrow Transplantation
Nutritional Support
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