Diabetes Self Management Module Analysis

Diabetes is a serious medical condition that can also be a risk factor for the development of many different diseases and conditions including dementia, heart disease, and CVA. Thus, effective management of diabetes is very important. Patient compliance can be difficult to achieve if the person affected with diabetes is not educated about the illness or treatment, has not fully accepted the diagnosis or its severity, will not change habits or believes that the prescribed treatment regime is too difficult or ineffective, has cultural beliefs conflicting with the treatment regime, experiences stressful events, lacks social support, or suffers from psychiatric issues unrelated to diabetes (Gerard, Griffin, & Fitzpatrick, 2010). As one may expect, adequate education programs are essential tools when dealing with diabetics. Solid education will provide the patient with information as well as teaching the necessary skills to manage the disorder. The primary focus of any diabetes education program must be to empower patients as a part of the multidisciplinary team. This team should be focused at integrating diabetes into the lives of the patients and this focus should be based on the decisions made by the patient, otherwise the treatment plan can be looked on as forced (Gerald et al., 2010). Every patient stricken with diabetes has the right to benefit from an education program of this type. First, basic education and facts should be administered directly following the diagnosis of

Diabetes has become an epidemic in today’s society. Diabetes affects almost every system in the body, and with an estimated 346 million people in the world with diabetes, healthcare has been heavily affected by the disease (Ramasamy, Shrivastava, P., & Shrivastava, S., 2013). One of the biggest issues for healthcare workers when it comes to diabetes, is that it is such a complicated disease. With so many different systems being affected, medical professionals have had to learn how the disease process works, what causes diabetes to work through the systems, and the best treatments to address all these issues. Through much research, the healthcare system has grown very knowledgeable on diabetes. One important aspect of treating diabetes has been in the introduction of diabetic education. In the past, nurses and dieticians had been responsible for educating patients on diabetes, but now that role is also extended to other people in the healthcare team, including the patient (Tomky, 2013). In fact, patients taking an active role in the education process, including learning to self-care has now become a priority in diabetes treatment. The following paper will discuss diabetic education, the importance of self-care and how this affects a patient’s compliance.

It also shows that not having someone to help these patients manage their diabetes as an obstacle to good diabetes management. This study created a plan and this plan was able to be tested to show its effectiveness in diabetes

Diabetes is a chronic illness that requires continuous medical care and patient self-management education to prevent acute complications and to reduce the risk of long-term complications[ ].

Diabetes is a disease that causes the human body to not create or not use insulin effectively. The body needs insulin to take the energy or sugars and turn it into energy. The human body needs energy to survive. Diabetes can be broken into three main categories. Type 1 diabetes is where the body makes no insulin at all. Type 2 diabetes is where the body does not produce enough insulin or it does not use it correctly. Gestational diabetes is more of a type 2 diabetes for pregnant women, which usually returns to normal after birth (Ruder 7-8).

Diabetes is a chronic disease that requires constant self-care management practices among diabetic patients. The patients have to make decisions to stick to a strict diet and exercise plan, they also have to be involved in complex activities aimed towards their care and health. Diabetes self-management education provides patients with essential information and has been shown to have a positive impact on the health of patients. Self-management enhances patients with skills and knowledge and information for self-care. The problem focus for this project is lack of culturally diabetes self-management education for the diabetic Hispanic adult population who receive care at a free clinic in Indio, California. Patients who have diabetes need information about their behavior and diet plans to help in the management and maintenance

After reflecting on my own nursing practice, I decided to search the literature on the need for better education associated with DMI. Certain ethnic and cultural groups have an increased risk for DMI and educating those at risk is a key component in the management process. If nurses use more individualized teaching processes and meet their patients’ teaching needs, then their patients will feel more comfortable in taking care of themselves at home and in schools. By reviewing the literature on the need for enhanced diabetes

As an endemic health problem in the United States, diabetes affects everyone either directly or indirectly. In Alachua County, there has been a steady increase of preventable diabetic related hospitalizations as well as an increase of forty percent death rate (Alachua County Community Health Profile, 2012). Diabetes education is needed not only for those with diabetes but those that are indirectly affected. This can include relatives, friends, and/or teachers. With the aim of preventing or maintaining this disease, it is important to have education classes to increase public awareness. Education is an important tool for day to day self-management of diabetes. People with diabetes have extensive learning needs. These needs focus on managing

My role for this simulation was to act as a family member of the patient. When the nurses went into the room, the patient just came back from a procedure. The patient stated that during the procedure, he was having light headed, feeling woozy and sweaty. The patient told the nurse that he did not finish all of his breakfast before the procedure. During my role, I asked to the nurse why the patient is having lightheaded, feeling woozy and sweaty. The nurses tested the patient’s blood sugar and did a vital. The patient blood sugar was low and below normal. I asked the nurses what does below normal mean. The nurses gave me an explanation and further discuss ways to help patients manage diabetes.

A health promotion strategy that may be of benefit in Webb County is increasing community diabetes education. Diabetes self-management classes that utilize the Trans-theoretical Model of Change have proven successful in reducing GHb levels. The Trans-theoretical model of behavior change evaluates an individual's willingness to adopt healthy behaviors and provides methods to guide the individual through the stages of change to achieve self-efficacy. A study published by the American Diabetes Association concluded that “self-management education improves GHb levels at immediate follow-up, and increased contact time increases the effect” (Norris, Lau, Smith, Schmid, & Engelgau,

Type 2 diabetes self-management education is necessary to prevent the development of long- term health complications associated with poor metabolic control in individuals with diabetes (Kennedy, 2012). The national average of adults who attended diabetes self-management education changed little from 51.4% in the year 2000 to 57.4% in 2010 (Centers for Disease Control [CDC], 2014). A Healthy People 2020 goal is to increase the number of adults who receive diabetes education by 10% (HealthyPeople.gov, 2014). Type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic proportions, accounting for 90-95% of diabetes cases. Complications related to uncontrolled diabetes include kidney disease, blindness, lower-extremity amputations, stroke and heart disease. Poorly controlled diabetes is one of the primary causes of kidney failure, with 10-20% of people with diabetes dying from kidney failure. Cardiovascular disease accounts for 50% of deaths in people with diabetes (Kennedy, 2012).

My teaching on primary prevention of type II diabetes adheres to HP2020 objectives D-1 to D-16 on diabetes, specifically objective D-1 that deals with reducing the annual number of new cases of diagnosed diabetes in the population. (Target is a 10% improvement from the baseline of 8.0 new cases of diabetes per 1,000 population aged 18 to 84 years occurred in the past 12 months to the target of 7.2 new cases per 1,000 population aged 18 to 84 years). Education on the preventive measures needed to be taken by an at-risk population tackles this issue of reducing the annual number of cases.

The review of literature section will define diabetes and prediabetes, identify the prevalence and major risk factors for diabetes, and present behavioral changes that can reduced the risk of developing diabetes. This section discusses the types of presentations and teaching methods that have been utilized in diabetes prevention and the health belief model. The final paragraphs in the review of literature present the learning theory and delivery method of instructional designs, which are ideal for a diabetes prevention program.

Diabetes is associated with wide range of complications such as chronic renal failure, blindness, amputations, heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, and neuropathy (Alotabi, A., et al., 2016). There is no known cure for diabetes, but the disease can be controlled through health management that includes multiple perspectives of care such as medications, blood glucose monitoring, diet, nutrition, screening for long-term complications and regular physical activity (Alotabi, A., et al., 2016). Managing diabetes may be complicated and requires the knowledge and skills of both healthcare providers and the clients. Studies have shown that to prevent or delay diabetic complications due to diabetes, counseling and other lifestyle interventions are the effective therapy. Even with many policies set up for diabetes, 8.1 million Americans are undiagnosed with diabetes mellitus, and approximately 86 million Americans ages 20 and older have blood glucose levels that considerably increase their risk of developing Diabetes Mellitus in the next several years (CDC, 2015). For diabetes care to be successful there needs to be a good understanding of the disease and management by both patients and healthcare providers,

We are laid down on this Earth, born with a mission. A mission that defines who we are and we would rather die than fail to accomplish it. It is my mission to seek the annihilation of diabetes from the face of this Earth. A disease that is claiming lives left and right, even including my own family who is suffering because insulin is ineffect and leaves them vulnerable to other diseases. I can and will not stand to watch their suffering, if there is something I can do to stop it. It has become my life long goal to become a diabetes doctor to help find the cure for all types of diabetes and later on become a politician to seek government funding for diabetes and other diseases that continue to not have a cure. Both ways promote and will inspire