Nutrition for Wound Healing

This module introduces nurses to the fundamental relationship between nutrition and wound healing. Wound healing is a complex biological process that occurs in four overlapping phases: hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. Understanding how nutrition supports each phase is essential for delivering evidence-based nursing care. During hemostasis, the body works to stop bleeding through platelet activation and clot formation. This process depends on adequate protein and vitamin K intake. The inflammatory phase follows, involving immune system activation where white blood cells remove debris and bacteria. Poor nutrition compromises the immune response, prolonging inflammation and increasing infection risk.