Nuts & Bolts of Pressure Injuries: 2019 International Nutrition Clinical Guidelines
Event date: 12/10/2019
Please join us for a free, one hour, educational webinar with speakers, Mary Ellen Posthauer, RDN, CD, LD, FAND and Nancy Munoz, DCN, MHA, RD, FAND on the topic of 2019 updated international pressure injury nutrition clinical guidelines. Presentation objectives:
- Review nutrition guidelines within the 2019 International EPUAP/NPIAP/PPPIA Pressure Injury Prevention and Treatment Clinical Practice Guidelines.
- Highlight the changes and updates from the 2014 guidelines (2nd Edition), including a brief review of the recent literature and evidence used to develop the 2019 nutrition guidelines.
- Discuss how malnutrition impacts the risk of developing a pressure injury and decreases the rate of wound healing.
- Demonstrate the guidelines in action through a case report based on the nutrition care process that includes a review of nutrition assessment and relevant interventions.