What is must tool in nursing?

‘MUST’ is a five-step screening tool to identify adults, who are malnourished, at risk of malnutrition (undernutrition), or obese. It also includes management guidelines which can be used to develop a care plan. It is for use in hospitals, community and other care settings and can be used by all care workers.

How effective is the must tool?

The MUST screening tool was launched by BAPEN in 2003. (9) In one study, its use led to a 30-40% increase in dietetic referrals.

What tools are used to recognize undernutrition?

There are many nutrition screening tools in use across the world. However, the most commonly used screening tool in all care settings in the UK is the ‘Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool’ (‘MUST’). This was developed and launched by BAPEN in 2003. It was designed to be valid, reliable and easy to use in all adults.

How do you get a must score?

What is ‘MUST’?

1. Step 1: Measure height and weight to get a BMI score using chart provided.
2. Step 2: Note percentage unplanned weight loss and score using tables provided.
3. Step 3: Establish acute disease effect and score.
4. Step 4: Add scores from steps 1, 2 and 3 together to obtain overall risk of malnutrition.

Why is the must tool important?

‘MUST’ is a five-step screening tool to identify adults, who are malnourished, at risk of malnutrition (undernutrition), or obese. It also includes management guidelines which can be used to develop a care plan.

What are the 2 main elements of must tool that will guide you to establish the risk of undernutrition?

– Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST). Three independent criteria are used by MUST to determine the overall risk for malnutrition: current weight status using BMI, unintentional weight loss, and acute disease effect that has induced a phase of nil per os for > 5 days.

What are the main 3 elements of must tool that will guide you to establish the risk of undernutrition?

Three independent criteria are used by MUST to determine the overall risk for malnutrition: current weight status using BMI, unintentional weight loss, and acute disease effect that has induced a phase of nil per os for > 5 days.

What is must tool?

When was the must tool developed?

2003
However, the most commonly used screening tool in all care settings in the UK is the ‘Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool’ (‘MUST’). This was developed and launched by BAPEN in 2003. It was designed to be valid, reliable and easy to use in all adults.

Why was the must tool developed?

The tool and its components ‘MUST’ was developed by a multi-disciplinary group of health professionals and patients to detect both undernutrition (poor protein-energy status, referred to as malnutrition in this document) and obesity in adults of different ages and diagnoses in different healthcare settings.

Why was the must tool created?

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Some screening tools are suitable for repeated use as monitoring tools. The possibility of deterioration and need for re-screening should always be born in mind, even when patients appear initially well-nourished.

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