Nutrition & Wound Management posts

Malpractice or Obesity: Can a 276-Pound Patient Heal a Pressure Injury?

By Keisha Smith, MA, CWCMS

Obesity presents challenges to wound healing, but with knowledge and appropriate care interventions, we can provide optimal conditions to support the best possible outcome for every patient, no matter what size. The US obesity epidemic reached a new all-time high in 2016, according to newly released Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.1 Every single […]

Nutrition and Wounds: The View From Both Sides

By Keisha Smith, MA, CWCMS

Nutrition is frequently conjoined to wound care lawsuits because patients often lose weight, so it is important to thoroughly document nutrition interventions and education. Most pressure injury lawsuits begin as just that—a lawsuit initiated because of an acquired pressure injury. Usually the wound in question never healed to closure, became infected, led to an amputation, […]