Standards of Practice: Nutrition Support Nurse.

Abstract

Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) is a professional society of physi-cians, nurses, dietitians, pharmacists, allied health professionals and researchers dedicated to assuring that every patient receives optimal nutrition care. A.S.P.E.N.’s mission is to serve as the preeminent, inter-disciplinary nutrition society dedicated to patient-cen-tered, clinical practice worldwide through advocacy, edu-cation, and research in specialized nutrition support. These definitions include many terms which were defined in the 1995 definitions document1 along with additional terms which were defined in the 2004 Safe Practices for Parenteral Nutrition2 and should be used in conjunction with the following A.S.P.E.N publications