Serving food to patients (methodology, implementation of nutritional screening, satisfaction of patients, feeding of patients, food variety)

The bachelor thesis deals with problems of giving food to patients in medical centres as well as with methods of patients' meal plan and particular screening procedures which play an important role especially in setting-up suitable dietary restrictions for a patient. This work points out the importance of medical staff knowledge in the field of patients' feeding as well as the job of a nutritional team, which is an integral part of interdisciplinary collaboration in patient care. The thesis is based on a quantitative survey via anonymous questionnaires. It monitors both patients' satisfaction with the quality of served meals in a hospital and the medical personnel's knowledge of serving food to patients. The survey sample consists of the qualified staff nurses working at the Faculty Hospital Hradec Králové