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Table 2 The nursing staff’s experiences of caring for malnourished patients at surgical settings in a governmental Saudi Arabian hospital

From: Nurses’ views and experiences of caring for malnourished patients in surgical settings in Saudi Arabia – a qualitative study

Nurses’ potentials and barriers to provide proper nutritional care

Main categories

Subcategories

Potentials for nurses to provide good nutrition and physical activity

Good nursing implies providing appropriate health education

 

Acknowledging the Mourafiq as a potential resource for the nursing, but also as a burden

Having the ability but not the power to provide good nutrition and physical activity

Inadequate control and lack of influence

 

Cultural diversity and lack of dialog

 

Views of women’s weight gain in KSA society