Nursing times
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This article describes how we changed nutritional care throughout our trust. To carry out our "nutrition mission", we used change methodology known as Rapid Spread. This programme of change gave our health professionals a step-by-step approach to bringing in and sustaining excellent evidence-based nutritional care across our trust very quickly. Since the initiative, there has been a massive improvement in the nutritional care of patients.
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Constipation is one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders encountered in clinical practice. Its prevalence increases with age and it is more common in the female population. Although often trivialised as a common and minor problem, chronic constipation is associated with considerable impairment of quality of life and is a significant burden on healthcare budgets. This article gives an overview of the management of constipation in adults, including assessment and treatment.