South West Regional Wound Care Toolkit B.8. NESTLE NUTRITION INSTITUTE MINI NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT (MNA) B.8.1. Purpose and Instructions for the Nestle MNA (Mini Nutritional Assessment) Purpose The MNA is a screening and assessment tool that identifies individuals age 65 and above who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition. By identifying individuals who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition allows for earlier intervention to provide adequate nutritional support. Instructions The screening tool consists of 6 questions. • Complete the screen by filling in ...
Purpose and Instructions for the Nestle Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) Tool Purpose The MNA is a valid/reliable screening tool that helps to identify individuals age 65 and over who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition. Persons who are malnourished tend to have longer hospital stays, greater complications, and greater risk of morbidity and mortality1. By identifying persons who are malnourished or at risk for malnourishment, interventions to correct nutrition can be implemented earlier to improve outcomes. This six question tool, which requires no special training to use and that takes less than four minutes to complete, may be used ...
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