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    Diabetes Teaching Plan

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    diabetes Before you begin your teaching plan be sure to define the characteristics of the clinical site and patient population. The teaching plan should be customized to this population. This is a sample teaching plan that you can use and customize to your needs. You may want to design a pre-test and post-test to give your patients would are attending the teaching program. Based on statistics from the Centers for Disease Control website, 17.0 million people in the United States, approximately

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    manner and shared amongst other professionals involved in the care. Effective communication and shared decision making among professionals is paramount to providing care for diabetes patients. Good co-ordination will help towards continuity of care (Bower et al, 2013). Lorig et al. (2012) further recommend that people with diabetes should always wear an emergency bracelet or carry an emergency card in their wallet which should have information about the medication currently taking, doctor’s contact details

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    THE USE OF DATA ANALYTICS IN DIABETES CONTROL AND DETECTION Paul O Sullivan, DIT Kevin Street. (current knowledge and findings) ABSTRACT Every 5 minutes 2 people die and 14 more adults are diagnosed with diabetes. Because of this there has been and continues to be a lot of research into diabetes and how best to control and detect it. Data analytics is key to this research due to its positivism and pragmatic approaches. With the incidence of diabetes growing each year, (Onkamo et al. (1999)) detection

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    Page 1 Florie Ismael VN Student June 1, 2017 Diabetes Mellitus Teaching Plan Assignment Diabetes Mellitus Teaching Plan Glucose Monitoring To maintain an average glucose reading you must maintain a healthy diet. Glucose monitoring must be checked before meals and before snacking on any food items or beverages that consist of carbohydrates. Glucose intake is primarily effected from your carbohydrate intake. To keep blood sugar on target and to Avoid problems with your body blood sugar readings

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    The term diabetes mellitus describes a metabolic disorder of multiple aetiology characterised by chronic hyperglycaemia with disturbances of carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action or both. The effects of diabetes mellitus include long term damage, dysfunction and failure of various organs (WHO 1999). There are two major types of diabetes and each type has different causes and risk factors. Type 1 Diabetes – this type of diabetes is most

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    Education in the Management of Diabetes Mellitus Lajuana D. Campbell University of Central Florida NGR 6801 – Spring 2015 Abstract 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

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    Diabetes, which is also known as diabetes mellitus, is described as a group of metabolic diseases where a person has high blood glucose. This is caused by insulin production becoming inadequate (MacGill, 2015). In the United States alone almost 30 million adults and children have diabetes with around 86 million having prediabetes. This leading it to be one of the primary causes of death for 69,071 Americans each year. Studies show that Hispanics and Non Hispanic Blacks are at a higher risk of becoming

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    Theoretical Foundation Since this research project involves accounting for ethnological and structural factors, as well as an interventional plan of behavioral change, a much simplified form of the well-known theoretical model of PRECEDE-PROCEED while integrating Leininger’s culture care theory will be utilized as it fits the criteria for a comprehensive framework upon which a quality plan and evaluation thereof can be developed. Glanz, K. (2008) provides a whole chapter on using the PRECEDE-PROCEED

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    The prevalence of diabetes mellitus, type 2 (DM II) is grossly affecting people worldwide. 24 million individuals in the United States were diagnosed with DM II in 2011 (Hunt, C. W., Grant, J. S., & Appel, S. J., 2011). 109.6 million DM II cases were reported in China in 2015, with an expected 36% increase by 2040 (Browning, C., Chapman, A., Yang, H., Liu, S., Zhang, T., Enticott, J. C., & Thomas, S. A., 2016). The incidence of DM II is also expected to increase by 190% in Omani people over the next

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    Currently, there are about 75,000 Saskatchewan people living with diabetes and this number will increase by 2020 with a subsequent increase in the economic burden of diabetes in Saskatchewan (Provincial Auditor Saskatchewan 2012). Diabetes occurs in all populations however, certain populations have higher rates of incidence and prevalence of diabetes than others such as, Aboriginal populations (Harris et al. 2013). Diabetes is now a leading cause of mortality, morbidity and severe disabilities among

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