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Nutrition and Wound Care

Nutrition and Wound Care

Adequate nutrition status is paramount to wound prevention and helps to facilitate wound healing. Wound healing requires adequate calorie intake.

Amy Long Carrera, MS, RD, CNSC, CWCMS
Pressure Injuries

Preventing Pressure Injuries (aka Bed Sores)

When caring for a loved one at home with limited mobility, prevention measures against pressure injuries (also known as bed sores) are an important part of the daily routine. Most often, pressure injuries affect people who are in bed or a wheelchair for a prolonged period. Basically, a pressure injury is an area of skin… Continue reading Preventing Pressure Injuries (aka Bed Sores)

Gina Flores
About Pressure Injuries

About Pressure Injuries

Learn about pressure injuries:. PIs are an area of skin that breaks down when one stays in one position for too long without shifting their weight.

Gina Flores
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