For Professionals BAPEN Principles of Good Nutritional Practice
- Last Updated on 17 June 2013
As part of our on-going commitment to improve levels of care for those at risk of malnutrition in the UK we have introduced a new Decision Tree resource. The Decision Trees have been produced by the members of BAPEN Education and Training committee and the Core Groups and associate organisations: BAPEN Medical, BPNG, BSPGHAN, NNNG, PENG, and PINNT and offer a pragmatic and effective tool to assist in the care of those at risk of malnutrition and its consequences.
Malnutrition remains all too common in a wide range of care settings including hospitals and the community, and as such has become the responsibility of a wide range of health care professionals in primary and secondary care. While many guidelines exist, the sources are varied, and often too thorough and in-depth for immediate easy use in the care setting. The BAPEN Principles of Good Nutritional Practice has been devised to draw together existing guidelines and evidence base, together with best practice where no research is possible, to produce Decision Trees to help guide all levels of health care professionals through the pathway of care of those with malnutrition.
The first Decision Trees to be introduced are:
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy: Diagnosis of Buried Bumper Syndrome
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy: Management of Buried Bumper Syndrome
- Ethics and clinically assisted nutrition or hydration approaching the end of life
- Naso Gastric (NG) Tube Insertion
- Perioperative Nutrition
- Refeeding Syndrome: Identification of those at risk
The Foreword and Refeeding Syndrome Decision Tree are available to download below and the remaining Decision Trees are freely available to BAPEN members when logged in. Non-members can buy copies for a small fee from the BAPEN office Tel: 01527 457 850 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
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Foreword by Dr Sheldon Cooper MSc MRCP RNutr, Chair of BAPEN Education and Training Committee |
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Refeeding syndrome: Identification of those at risk – Decision Tree |
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