All hospitalized patients must be screened to determine whether they are at nutritional risk
a. if they report recent weight loss.
b. if their diagnosis is nutrition-related.
c. within 48 hours of hospital admission.
d. within 2 weeks of hospital admission.
C
JCAHO requires that all hospitalized patients must be screened to determine whether they need in-depth nutrition assessment within 48 hours of hospital admission. Weight loss and nutri-tion-related diagnoses are only two of the many possible factors that contribute to nutritional risk.
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