In the fall of 2008, my life changed dramatically when my daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus at eighteen months old. Who could have known that a single drop of blood could be the powerful catalyst for me to become the woman that I am today? Early in my daughter’s diagnosis, I found myself working side by side with my daughter’s health care providers, no longer just a mom, but an integral part of the team that would help her to have a “normal” life. From the night of her diagnosis, I was drawn to the nurses in the emergency department, then on the floor, and ultimately in our clinic—they were just so readily available and willing to take the time to alleviate my fears and answer my questions. In particular, even now, our clinical nurse practitioner is my rock. Exuding confidence and the medical knowledge I thirst for, she is the beacon I strive to become for others. No one has a perfect story, I’m sure we can all agree. As a young adult, when I first began my college career, I faltered spectacularly. Immaturity and naivety paved the way for an abusive relationship that predictably resulted in an emotionally controlling engagement. I was not the person I am today, so I allowed my life to be taken over in the name of “love.” When I found the strength to demand my autonomy, my once-fiancé took his life. It was a very difficult time and I did not handle it in a manner that I can look back on with pride. I take full responsibility for the blemishes in my early
To overcome this obstacle, nurses should be persuaded to understand how important it is to ensure that diabetics are safe and receive consistent diabetes management wherever they are. There is a nursing shortage in all areas of healthcare and especially in most school systems, nurses are not always present, and diabetes is becoming more prevalent, so having other personnel who can be trained to deliver routine care and emergency care can ensure that someone knowledgeable is always present. Wood (2013) reported that with the shortage of nurses, diabetic students are not getting appropriate care throughout the day and families are facing hardship trying to ensure that timely and appropriate care is being
When I was a child, most of the stories or situations I have been through was, mostly, my dad hitting me and my parents fighting constantly; so pretty much I did not really grew up watching Barney, traveling to places, and going to Disneyland often. I thought I would have to live like this for the rest of my academic life, but one day around the age of eight, my dream came true. My parents had enough of each other, so they went their own ways; even though, I was glad that I do not have to life miserably anymore, I was not. I thought that everything would settle down and live a calm life with my mom, but as a result, I ended up raising my two siblings. My dad left the house, my mom was in her own world, and I had to watch my siblings. I thought my parents divorce would benefit me, but all it did was for me to not live as an eight-year-old would. I thought that my dream of going to a great university and becoming a Physician Assistant came crashing down. A couple weeks later, my dad came back and long-story short, my siblings and I had to go hang out with my dad for
It was less than a second, maybe half a second, but it changed everything. It was late at night after a soccer game. I was laying down in my room, coloring in a picture book, when my parents called me downstairs. After my sister and I walked downstairs, we were told to sit on the couch. Apparently my parents had something important to tell us, i didnt really realize what was going to happen because I was younger, so I sat on the couch smiling widely.
Over this last week, I have received a patient named Sherman “Red” Yoder. He is an 80-year-old male farmer, who lives alone in the farmhouse that he had grown up in. Red was married for 50 years and has been a widow now for 10 years. Red has one son, Jon, who takes care of the farmhouse and the land. He has one daughter-in-law, Judy, who is in involved with his care. Red was diagnosed with diabetes six months ago. Diabetes mellitus is a chronic condition that affects your body 's ability to use the energy found in food. As of only a few weeks ago, Red has been managing his diabetes with insulin. Insulin is a hormone that controls blood sugar. Before he began using insulin, he managed his diabetes with oral medication. After carefully assessing Red’s chronic illness, diabetes, many red flags were presented that could interfere with his management. In turn, this would cause further complications.
As stated above, diabetes is a very complex disease affecting millions of people in the world. Due to this, the nursing profession
“What you are afraid to do is a clear indication of the next thing you need to do.” (-Ralph Waldo Emerson). My parent´s divorce has shaped and influenced my whole life, with a lot of side effects. I fell into a state of depression. I learned not to dwell on the bad things in life. I found a person within myself that I could live with for a while, a kid that I could be proud of, someone I wouldn’t hate. Over the years, I’ve changed, little changes, big changes, it’s all happened, and I am who I am today because of it. Not all crummy circumstances stay awful, even though it may feel like it. I can’t tell if I’ve changed for the better or the worse, but everything starts with something, one thing. My parent´s divorce shaped me into who I am today, whether the changes were good or bad, little or big, this has changed me.
In order to gain insight on the most frequently seen healthcare problem, I chose to interview a registered nurse from Georgia Regents Medical Center, Mrs. Denead Buoy RN, MSN. I chose this medical provider because she has had experience in her field for 17 years. During the interview, I gained valuable information about a disease that she stated she sees commonly in her in patient unit. The disease she noted was diabetes mellitus. During the interview she gave me information about the disease in terms of its causes, its frequency, and the reason she decided to identity these disease.
Throughout my life, I have been through many different things. I have been through struggles and successes. I have been through multiple setbacks and breakthroughs. There is one specific setback, however that is very important to me that I overcame. It was not easy, but I finally did it. This setback took place during the time between when I entered high school and the end of my sophomore year.
In order to gain insight on the most frequently seen healthcare problem, I chose to interview a registered nurse from Georgia Regents Medical Center, Mrs. Denead Buoy RN, MSN. I chose this medical provider because she has had experience in her field for seventeen years. During the interview, I gained valuable information about a disease that she mentioned she sees commonly in her in-patient unit. The disease she noted was diabetes mellitus. During the interview, she gave me information about the disease in terms of its causes, its frequency, and the reason she decided to identity this disease.
My instructor showed empathy toward the patients with diabetes; she emphasized her understanding on how challenging the diabetes disease process can be and the importance of following a healthy diet and the medication schedule. As a diabetes educator, she offered us valuable resources and also emphasized the need for more diabetes educators while encouraging those of us who were thinking about it as a career path.
A multitude of events have affected my life, but not all of them have been accomplishments, some have been hardships that have changed my character greatly. When I was fourteen, just a few days after Christmas, my father collapsed at work and was rushed to the hospital. There, doctors discovered that he had a brain tumor which had been pressing on his brain stem, ultimately leading to his seizure. Over the past few years, he has gone through a cycle of treatment and remission, all the while experiencing a steep decline in mental health. With everything my parents were going through, I found myself being forced into adulthood much faster than I ever anticipated, before I even had a driver’s license. Instead of worrying about midterms, I found
Being a new diabetic at the age of nine wasn’t too difficult to learn. I had a very encouraging, involved, and intelligent Diabetic Educator who helped me learn how to manage myself at such a young age. Because of this experience it has made me want to be a Diabetic Educator
Someone’s life background can often be destructive, or it can empower a person to find a way out and end up helping others who have walked an analogous pathway. I came from an eminently dysfunctional family where at the age of four I was left at home alone, overnight. Scared and alone, I awoke from a bad dream, and went outside to find my parents nowhere to be seen. Having no idea where my parents were, the next door neighbor called the police. For which, I was taken by the police only to be returned to my neglectful parents the next day. At age ten my parents became verbally, mentally, and emotionally abusive, for which the school personelle and counselors all
The Rankin et al. (2014) article is identified as a qualitative study because it uses a small sample size. Rankin et al. (2014) explained that only 54 parents participated in the study. Brown (2016) explained that qualitative studies focus more on individual’s experiences and preferences rather than numbers. These types of studies rely heavily on interviewing that stops when a common theme or pattern is reached. Therefore it is unnecessary to have large quantities of people to get the information needed for this study. The findings indicate that parents of children diagnosed with type one diabetes feel overwhelmed and emotional (Rankin et al. 2014). This informs nursing practice because it helps to show nurses that they need to offer the family
Your post is quite informative! I totally agree with you about comprehending the culture of organizations that influences nurse’s health and well-being of communities. It is quite evident to me that during your milestone 3 you have identified that “there was a lack of awareness of diabetes and the complications” that impacted your community. There is no doubt in my mind that as the community/public health nurse, your interventions on diabetes and what you brought to your community should have a lasting effect on the residents. Great interventions! With your recommendation to the Institute Medicine (IOM), let us hope that they can advance research and data analysis as soon as possible. This would give you the necessary tools that you