Nutritional Management

By Heidi Cross, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, CWON "Defendants failed to provide adequate nutrition to prevent plaintiff from suffering severe malnutrition and weight loss. This allowed the development of a sev...

By Mary Ellen Posthauer, RDN, CD, LD, FAND The World Union Wound Healing Society (WUWHS) held their 2016 meeting in historic Florence, Italy in September. The initial meeting of the WUWHS was held ...

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 Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) should be an integral part of your pressure Injury (ulcer) management plan. Malnutrition/undernutrition is a risk factor fo...

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...

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 Paula Erwin-Toth MSN, RN, CWOCN, CNS The new year has begun. Many of us have made resolutions with the best of intentions. Exercise more, lose weight, eat healthy foods, keep blood sugar in a he...

Part 1 in a series discussing the challenges and opportunities in patient/family education By Paula Erwin-Toth, MSN, RN, CWOCN, CNS Mr. Gillan is a 72 year old man with venous insufficiency. He ...

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...