Measuring Patient Satisfaction After Providing a Choice of Nourishment Options Between Meals in a Long-Term Care Setting.

<p>The purpose of this study was to determine whether providing residents of the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center Community Living Center with a choice of nourishment options between meals would improve their satisfaction with the nourishment administration process. As opposed to being given the same nourishment item each day, residents were offered choices from a nourishment cart based upon their diet order. Sixteen residents completed the pre-survey, participated in the revised nourishment cart system for a 3-week period, and completed the postsurvey. Level of satisfaction was determined by analyzing the responses given by the residents on the pre- and post-surveys. There were increases in the overall level of satisfaction the residents felt with the incorporation of the new nourishment cart system.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

MS (Master of Science)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - unrestricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Clinical Nutrition

Year dc:date.issued

2009

Author dc:creator

• Hutson, Samantha

• registered dietitian
• nutrition
• Veterans
• patient satisfaction
• snack
• Health Psychology
• Human and Clinical Nutrition
• Life Sciences
• Psychology
• Social and Behavioral Sciences

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright by the authors.

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1805

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dc.etsu.edu:etd-3157