Nutritional Assessment

By Mary Ellen Posthauer RDN, CD, LD, FAND Following wound documentation standards can help clinicians avoid legal issues. Pressure ulcer litigation often involves ...

By Mary Ellen Posthauer RDN, CD, LD, FAND Part 3 in a series discussing nutritional status and diabetic foot ulcer risk. To read Part 1, Click Here To read Part 2, Click Here...

As clinicians know, wound healing is a complex biological process that involves the migration and proliferation of cells along with other molecular events like extracellular matrix deposition. Regardl...

By Janis E. Harrison, RN, BSN, CWOCN, CFCN My husband Daryl had gone in to a same-day surgery center for incisional hernia repair and possible "tummy tuck" after losing 85 pounds. We had searched f...

By Mary Ellen Posthauer, RDN, CD, LD, FAND After reading Laurie Swezey's blog, "Diabetic Foot - Risk Factors and Prevention", I decided to weigh in on the issue of poor glycemic control. Teamwork i...

By Laurie Swezey RN, BSN, CWOCN, FACCWS Our eating habits are ingrained in us from an early age, and are often difficult to change. Eating is not only a physical necessity, but a social act that ca...

Fabiola Jimenez, RN, ACNS-BC, CWOCN While I was providing foot care to a patient, one of my coworkers overheard me advising the patient that she will need a lot more protein to heal her wound, and ...

by Nancy Munoz, DCN, MHA, RDN, FAND Pressure injuries (pressure ulcers) claim over 60,000 lives and affect over 2.5 million Americans each year. The US health care system spends $9.1–11.6 billion a...

By Mary Ellen Posthauer RDN, CD, LD, FAND In response to Dr. Michael Miller's February blog, I would like to educate readers on the role and responsibility of the registered dietitian (RD) on the w...