Diabetes Self-Management Paper

A patient is referred to the medical center by a physician after which the doctor, patient, and pharmacist collaborate the best option for a successful health plan. The American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) came up with a framework to generate an ideal practice of Diabetes Self-Management Training (DSMT). The process was an interactive and collaborative one that convoluted a patient with a diabetic educator(s). “The steps of the procedure were comprised of assessing an individual’s educational needs, determining one’s self-management goals, educational and behavioral intervention, and evaluating the progress of a patient” (Shane-McWhorter, 2005). The educational behaviors that have been identified as essential to living a healthy lifestyle are called the AADE7TM. The behaviors include: healthy eating, physical activity, medication taking, monitoring, problem solving, healthy coping, and reducing risks. Pharmacists and their patients then set accomplishable goals based on those practices and after determined time periods evaluate the patients’ progress (Shane-McWhorter, n.d.).

Diabetes is a chronic illness that could affect a patient in my nursing practice. The three ways that I can promote the health of the patient, in addition to the family in dealing with the specific illness are through diet and exercise promotion, education on the importance of taking good care of your skin, especially your feet, and having a strong support system with social groups that include not only the patient but incorporates the family as a whole as well.

Self-management treatment. Self-management is a crucial step in the treatment for everyday life of diabetes patients. "Successful long-term diabetes self-management requires the integration of pharmacotherapy, proper nutrition, home blood glucose monitoring, continuing patient education, an increase in physical activity, and surveillance for and prevention of short- and long-term complications" (Unger, 2013, p. 62). Once being diagnosed with diabetes, some lifestyle changes would be important to make. A routine of checking blood glucose levels needs to be established. Changes is the persons diet and exercise are also important. This will keep their weight in check, allowing them to control their diabetes better. These are done at

This EBP change project is important because the clinical site currently lacking efforts focusing on health promotion initiatives for the pre-diabetic and type 2 diabetic patients. At the EBP change project site an estimated 40% of the patient population are diagnosed with either prediabetes or type 2 diabetes. Out of the 40%, an estimated 25% is diagnosed with prediabetes and is at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. Another reason as to why this project is important to the project manager is that majority of the patient population has a knowledge deficit regarding health promotion behaviors in preventing type 2

Mexican American, especially those with lower socioeconomic status, seems to suffer from diabetes complications because of their glycemic control. Glycemic control and risk of diabetes complications are largely dependent on effective self-management. In general, lower-income Hispanic patients do not engage in diabetes self-management behaviors than higher income whites, which can be said that it is one of the ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in diabetes outcomes. The lack of effective diabetes self-management may cause patients’ lack of understanding about how to effectively manage their diabetes. The current study provides an in-depth exploration of beliefs among low-income Mexican American diabetic patients about how to manage their diabetes

The tools for the project plan includes an Omani Self-Management Survey also called diabetes self-management (DSM) ( Appendix G) and the Diabetes Self-Management and Education Assessment Scoring (Appendix H). DSM consists of a twenty questions survey that are a life-long journey that patients to adjust to a new lifestyle, make decisions, and perform specific tasks (Alrahbi, 2014). However, diabetes self-management education (DSME) is a five part score questionnaire that is an element of care for all people with diabetes and those at risk of developing the disease. Furthermore, the National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education supports and assist diabetes educators in providing evidence-based education and self-management support.

The authors of this journal article initiated research into this subject by entering certain key words related to self-management techniques and practices for type 2 diabetes in three major journal research engines. What is notable about this process is that the literature review that accompanies most research documents actually doubled as the actual research performed itself, since the authors merely analyzed the studies and findings of the journal articles they deemed relevant to their review of existing literature. The initial titles that

This chapter discuss the main focus topic about self-care practice ( management ) of diabetes which become life threatening during disease process , especially the DM play a rule in increasing pathological illnesses such as neuropathy , retinopathy , nephropathy , diabetic foot , and others . According to the American association of diabetes educators,7 there are seven diabetes self-care practice : healthy diet regimen ; taking medication ; glucose check monitoring ; solving problems , imbalances glucose level ( hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia crises ) ; minimizing risks (decrease diabetes complications; smoking cessation) ; activity tolerance (exercise and physical activity ) ; and psychosocial adaptation

The self-management program discussed was a systematic review, with the analysis of randomised controlled trials. Those who participated in the study were adults who were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. As long as the patient had type 2 diabetes, they were able to participate in the study. The study included education sessions on type 2 diabetes which lasted for at least an hour. The control group must have had standard treatment, remained on a waiting list or received no

Although there are many guidelines developed by the American Diabetes Association for the self-management of diabetes in the general adult population, there is not a clear definition for the self-management of the disease as perceived by the older population living in rural areas; especially taking into account on how physiological changes at an older age affect the way the body tolerates glucose and utilization of insulin, resulting in what is viewed by the health care professional as being noncompliant is, in reality, a lack of understanding involving diabetes self-management. Therefore, the purpose of this research study is to develop a new diabetes education model which targets this population as to the best way to manage the disease, while

The study explored modifiable barriers and facilitators to diabetes self management (e.g., diet, physical activity, and medical management) among male and female Latino immigrants with diabetes. Protocols were approved by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill institutional review board (IRB) and to safeguard the rights of the participants each was provided informed consent and instruction regarding the risks and benefits of participating in the study. Information was provided in Spanish in both written and oral presentations. Additionally, bilingual, bicultural research assistants worked with primary care providers, translators, and other administrative staff.

The grantee is working with 232 HELP/2-1-1 in Lafayette to develop outreach efforts to primary care providers to promote awareness of prediabetes to their patients. 211 is also providing DSME and National DPP information to callers. These contractors is using marketing materials from the American Medical Association and the CDC to increase awareness about diabetes and promote diabetes prevention programs. Also, the grantee conducted site visits to the sites to discuss progress of the current work and plans and renewing the contract for the next grant year. For the amended contract, the 2-1-1 site will focus on increasing awareness about prediabetes to patients and providers focused on primary care. This work will include the distributing the AMA/ CDC Provider toolkit and the use of the CDC and risk test.

Remember, if you want to control diabetes, you must first learn to control your urges and have a firm grip on your mind.

This topic is interesting to me because diabetes is the leading cause of health problems in the United States, and I sense that the more informed we are about it, as healthcare providers, we will be able to inform clients better about the risks and management of diabetes. All the information on the brochure is beneficial to healthcare providers and clients with diabetes. Client’s with diabetes are able to be more informed about how they should be cared for while in a hospital setting and also how they can help make their hospital stay virtuous by informing the caregiver. The information was presented very clear and it was also very informative. Current nursing or healthcare related research does support the information that this brochure states at the moment. There is a lot of research that supports every point made by this brochure, such as infection control and wearing an ID badge to be able to identify diabetics better. This article can mostly benefit client’s with type I or II diabetes who need extra help managing their diabetes and want to know how they can improve their hospital stays. It benefits diabetics by also giving tips on how they can be more involved with their care. Due to the fact that everyone will be more informed about how to manage diabetes in a hospital, this brochure will increase patient

In 2012 it was estimated that 1.5 million deaths worldwide were caused by diabetes mellitus. Diabetes mellitus requires self-managing by the patients. However, many patients have difficulty managing to achieve appropriate glycemic control. With a significant issue being lack of knowledge and access to healthcare of those diagnosed with diabetes, other methods of providing education have been explored, such as telephonic outreach. This literature review analyzes how the use of the telephone for diabetes education affects glycemic control (HbA1C) and weight management. Six articles met the criteria for review and were critiqued and analyzed using the methods by Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt (2014). The results of the review demonstrated that the use of telephonic education does not make a significant difference in weight or HbA1C at 12 months of follow up. However, one article (Bird, et al., 2011) showed a significant improvement in HbA1C for the group receiving the telephone intervention over a 12 month period. More research on this topic should be conducted as most of the studies found were conducted outside of the United States. Also, with the continuing advancement of technology, further research should be conducted on how the use of technology such as cellular phone applications can be used to assist in