Nutritional Management

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...

By Mary Ellen Posthauer RDN, CD, LD, FAND Several nutrients, such as arginine, zinc, vitamin A, vitamin E and vitamin C, play a key role in wound healing and preserving tissue viability. However, w...

by Mary Ellen Posthauer, RDN, CD, LD, FAND Several years ago when my nutrition blog began, I discussed the issue of relying on laboratory values – in particular albumin, pre-albumin and transthyret...

by Emily Greenstein, APRN, CNP, CWON, FACCWS "When I grow up, I want to be a wound care specialist." That's not something you hear kids going around saying. Sure, kids want to be doctors or nurses....

By Emily Greenstein, APRN, CNP, CWON, FACCWS The New Year is finally here, the beginning of a new decade. And we all know that with the calendar change comes the urge to get rid of any and all bad ...

Appropriately balanced nutrition is a cornerstone of high-quality wound care, and this isn’t a new revelation. Nearly all modern wound centers include some version of nutritional screening, along with...

By Mary Ellen Posthauer RDN, CD, LD, FAND During the past year, I have had the opportunity to collaborate with Dr. Steven Gale and a group of wound care specialists on the development of a standard...