Table 1: The questionnaire.

Item	M	SD
Section 1: Nurses’ evaluation of the importance of nutritional assessment (1 to 4 scale)
An initial nutritional assessment is important in patient care	3.67	0.60
Monitoring a patient's nutritional status is a basic component of nursing care	3.46	0.67
The nurse is responsible for notifying the attending physician if a patient does not eat a served meal	3.63	0.66
It is important to weigh patients upon admission	3.51	0.68
It is important to repeat the nutritional assessment every week of hospitalization	3.31	0.71
Nutritional assessment and monitoring by the nurses improve a patient's recovery	3.32	0.70
Nursing care has a significant impact on patients' nutritional status	3.08	0.78

^*Likert scale: 1. Strongly disagree, 2. Disagree, 3. Agree, 4. Strongly agree

M- mean, SD- standard deviation

Item	M	SD
Section 2: Nurses’ knowledge about nutrition care (1 to 4 scale)
Nurses should focus on the patient's primary diagnosis rather than on nutritional aspects	2.28	0.91
A patient who refuses to eat should not be forced to do so	1.80	0.85
The main reason patients don't eat hospital food is its appearance and taste	2.23	0.89
Nutritional support should commence only once medical treatment has been completed	1.74	0.80
Nutritional support is resource-consuming and not a cost-effective investment	1.63	0.79
Dieticians, rather than the nursing staff, are responsible for nutritional support	1.76	0.83
Parenteral nutrition should be avoided due to its complications	2.99	0.86
Obese patients (BMI > 30) are not at risk of malnutrition and should be fed sparingly	3.34	0.77
A patient eating a meal should not be disturbed, even for medical treatment	2.56	0.89
Overweight patients with cancer will inevitably lose weight and need not be referred to a dietician	3.55	0.71

^*Likert scale: 1. Strongly disagree, 2. Disagree, 3. Agree, 4. Strongly agree

M- mean, SD- standard deviation

Item	M	SD
Section 3: Nurses’ evaluation of the quality of nutritional care in nurses’ward (1 to 5 scale)
Patients receive complete nutritional care	4.07	0.80
Our nursing staff monitors patients’ nutritional status	3.77	0.86
The nutritional assessment is performed methodically and professionally	3.74	0.95
Patients requiring a dietician’s care receive a consultation with minimal delay	4.26	0.76
Physicians address nutritional aspects of patient care	3.62	1.05
Patients receive their meals in an appropriate manner as per regulations	3.98	0.91
Nurses are aware whether or not a patient has completed his meal	3.78	0.89
information on patients’ nutritional state is effectively transmitted among health care staff	3.84	0.95
I am satisfied with the level of nutritional care in my ward	3.81	0.95

^*Likert scale: 1. Strongly disagree, 2. Disagree, 3. Agree, 4. Strongly agree

M- mean, SD- standard deviation