P183 - THE STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF TWO DISTINCT NUTRITION TEAMS: A COMPARISON OF HOSPITAL IN TURKIYE AND FRANCE

P183

THE STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF TWO DISTINCT NUTRITION TEAMS: A COMPARISON OF HOSPITAL IN TURKIYE AND FRANCE

R. E. Sezer Ceren^1,*, C. Mercier², K. Akcay³, J. Krier², Z. Ozdemir Koken¹, M. Halil³, D. Quilliot²

¹Department of Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Türkiye, ²Transversal Nutrition Unit, University of Lorraine, Nancy University Hospital, Nancy, France, ³Department of Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Türkiye

Rationale: The purpose of the review is to present a comparative examination of the organization and structure of Türkiye and France nutrition teams (NTs)

Methods: This review examines the professional experiences and observations of a Turkish academician nurse who was a visiting scholar at a university hospital in France between June 2023 and October 2023.

Results: The nutrition teams of the two countries were evaluated under 4 headings: definition of nutrition team, workflow of nutrition team, roles of nutrition nurses and discharge and home follow-up process. The characteristics and structure of the nutrition teams under the title of definition of nutrition team, the performance of the unit under the heading of workflow of nutrition team, the roles and responsibilities of each nurse in the team under the title of roles of nutrition nurses and the treatment and care processes of patients who received nutritional support and were discharged under the title of discharge and home follow-up process were compared.

Conclusion: The notable variations in performance and organization are not attributable to the medical staff in the unit, but rather to the disparities in the national health systems of the countries involved. It is recommended that studies that will ensure the integration of programs such as Therapeutic Patient Education, which stand out in the French unit, into the Turkish unit and that will continue the systematic follow-up of the discharged patients, should be planned in cooperation with the Turkish Ministry of Health and the Hospital management. To increase the standards of NTs, the Turkish Society of Clinical Enteral & Parenteral Nutrition (KEPAN) developed an accreditation program. This accreditation program is the first accreditation program developed at the national and international levels. For all NTs, this accrediting program can act as a model.

Disclosure of Interest: None declared