After reading Chapter 12 in Williams’ Basic Nutrition & Diet Therapy, Nutrition for Adults, please reflect on the nutritional requirements for wound healing as well as the physiological changes that occur with aging. Your original post will address the following scenario:
A 78-year-old female client is admitted to the unit on which you are working. You (the LPN) are assisting the RN with data collection for the admission assessment. The client reports spending most of the day in a wheelchair. She reports she is able to go to the bathroom independently but is sometimes incontinent. She also reports that she is unable to cook her own meals, and is dependent on family to do this for her, adding that she is getting tired of macaroni and cheese from a box.
The RN’s assessment reveals a small pressure injury on the client’s sacrum. The pressure injury measures approximately 2 cm in diameter.