The Joint Commission requires the identification of nutrition risk of hospital patients to occur within
A)12 hours of admission.
B)24 hours of admission.
C)48 hours of admission.
D)24 hours of admission, except on the weekend.

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Although The Joint Commission does not specify how patients should be identified for nutrition risk, all patients need to be screened for nutrition risk within 24 hours of admission, regardless of whether the patient is admitted during the week or on the weekend.Many hospitals accommodate this by including questions regarding nutrition risk in the initial nursing assessment performed on the patient.If the patient meets the hospital's nutrition risk criteria, this is communicated to the clinical nutrition staff so that further nutrition assessment can be performed.

The Joint Commission Requires the Identification of Nutrition Risk of Hospital