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Home Health Care Management & Practice
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The Role of Nutrition Intervention in Wound Healing

Julie L. Stefanski, RD, LDN, CDE

Wellspan Health, York, Pennsylvania and York College

Kimberley J. Smith, MS, RN

Memorial Hospital in York, Pennsylvania

This article reviews the role of nutrition in the healing of skin breakdown. The components of a nutritional assessment, which include social history, dietary intake, anthropometrics, and serum laboratory values, are discussed with abnormal values highlighted. The three phases of wound healing and a general overview of key nutrients needed at each stage for proper wound healing are stressed.

Key Words: nutrition • wound • nutrient • intake • assessment • protein • calorie • healing

Home Health Care Management & Practice, Vol. 18, No. 4, 293-299 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1084822305284310
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