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Nancy Collins, PhD, RDN, LD, NWCC, FAND, FAPWCA

11/15/2016
Nutrition professionals now use an etiology-based definition of malnutrition rather than the standard concept of lab values. In order for proper diagnosis and coding, wound clinic providers must understand this new definition and the criteria...
Nutrition professionals now use an etiology-based definition of malnutrition rather than the standard concept of lab values. In order for proper diagnosis and coding, wound clinic providers must understand this new definition and the criteria...
Nutrition professionals now use...
11/15/2016
Today's Wound Clinic
Nutrition Matters
11/10/2022
QUESTION: I am a wound care nurse working in long-term care. Over the past few years, arginine has become popular for wound healing, so my facility began using nutritional supplements containing arginine. Recently, I have started seeing...
QUESTION: I am a wound care nurse working in long-term care. Over the past few years, arginine has become popular for wound healing, so my facility began using nutritional supplements containing arginine. Recently, I have started seeing...
QUESTION: I am a wound care...
11/10/2022
Wound Management & Prevention
03/14/2013
  Diabetes has quickly become one of the most complex health challenges of the 21st century. In 2010, a total of 10.9 million US residents ages 65 years and older were reported to be living with diabetes.1 Currently, it is the seventh-leading...
  Diabetes has quickly become one of the most complex health challenges of the 21st century. In 2010, a total of 10.9 million US residents ages 65 years and older were reported to be living with diabetes.1 Currently, it is the seventh-leading...
  Diabetes has quickly become...
03/14/2013
Today's Wound Clinic
Nutrition Matters
08/01/2022
Nancy Collins, PhD, and Doreen Rodo, MEd, discuss this important topic
Nancy Collins, PhD, and Doreen Rodo, MEd, discuss this important topic
Nancy Collins, PhD, and Doreen...
08/01/2022
Wound Management & Prevention
04/03/2020
As these authors stress, the consequences for the complex wound patient may be severe and long-lasting if clinicians become lax on continued treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As these authors stress, the consequences for the complex wound patient may be severe and long-lasting if clinicians become lax on continued treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As these authors stress, the...
04/03/2020
Wound Care
Nutrition
10/10/2023
Citrulline-enriched products offer an alternate way to provide arginine and another viable option in getting the patient healed, which is the main goal.
Citrulline-enriched products offer an alternate way to provide arginine and another viable option in getting the patient healed, which is the main goal.
Citrulline-enriched products...
10/10/2023
Today's Wound Clinic
Vitamin D: Don’t Overlook the Sunshine Vitamin
Vitamin D
08/05/2020
For patients with wounds, vitamin D can be valuable, as it can promote angiogenesis, can reduce inflammation, and can improve insulin resistance. This author reviews the factors that can put patients at risk for vitamin D deficiency and how...
For patients with wounds, vitamin D can be valuable, as it can promote angiogenesis, can reduce inflammation, and can improve insulin resistance. This author reviews the factors that can put patients at risk for vitamin D deficiency and how...
For patients with wounds,...
08/05/2020
Today's Wound Clinic
Nutrition
07/03/2019
Nutrition often is not the first thing clinicians think about when treating patients with a diabetic foot ulcer (DFU), but it is a critical component of the wound healing process. Nutrition is connected to every facet of healing, including...
Nutrition often is not the first thing clinicians think about when treating patients with a diabetic foot ulcer (DFU), but it is a critical component of the wound healing process. Nutrition is connected to every facet of healing, including...
Nutrition often is not the first...
07/03/2019
Today's Wound Clinic