The effects of malnutrition continue to effect the adult population with wounds significantly. Nutrition plays an important part in the healing process of wounds (Timms, 2011). Patients with malnutrition typically suffer from delayed wound healing due to inadequate nutrition needed to sustain strong skin integrity (Timms, 2011).Therefore, the phenomenon of interest (POI), Strategies to Improve Malnutrition with Adult Patients with Wounds, is a huge issue that need to be addressed by the Adult Gerontological Nurse Practitioner (ADGNP) working as a Wound Specialist in the Community Living Center (CLC). Often times, the concept of ethics has a vital impact on the POI, effecting decisions made and the way care is performed. Ethical principles and frameworks help to guide the ADGNPs practice. This paper will discuss ethical principles that effect the POI and the ethical framework most relevant to the POI.Ethical Principles that Effect the POIEthical matters can arise in wound care practice when a patient lacks ability to understand the cause of their wound or the suggested management (Beldon, 2014). In turn, patients with malnutrition are subject to the same ethical issues. The following ethical principles, beneficence, non-maleficence, and autonomy are directly related to the POI. Beneficence means the obligation to promote the health and well-being of the patient (Beldon, 2014). For example, the ADGNP taking the time to feed the malnourished patient who cannot feed himself to ensure he has good food intake or writing a specific order for the staff to feed the patient for each meal. Atmosphere and the environment are key during meal time, and eating with patients inspires eating (Moynihan, Macdonald, Teal, Methven, Heaven,