Website Recommendation

Most appropriate care for Wasting Syndrome patients would be a nutritionist and a physician, since wasting is a problem that directly relates to nutrition. Only in severe cases the patients would need the care of a nurse, where they would be required to stay in special facilities because they no longer are able to take care of themselves. In such cases most often they would be fed through a tube and wouldn’t be able to accomplish daily life activities.

For a nurse that is taking care of a patient with Wasting Syndrome, the knowledge of the disease would be essential. A website I would recommend to nurses who are taking care of patients with Wasting Syndrome, although not most recent (2003), but includes all the main points that are needed to have a good idea about it. Link to this website is- http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=kb-04-01-08.

This website includes the basics, pathophysiology, evaluation of wasting, interventions of wasting, pharmacological treatment, and exercise. All of these points are broken down and explained in detail. The information is trustworthy, gotten from University of California, written by Kathleen Mulligan (PhD), Morris Schambelan (MD).

Nurses can rely on the details of treatments and medications and reasons for giving the medications. The article is a summary of a study that brings out the importance of different treatment methods, and possible side effects.

It is a great website to get an overview of the entire process of wasting and steps that can be taken to prevent or improve the condition.