Best Practice Strategies for Effective Communication and Collaboration

Nurses take responsibility for multiple change processes, and their democratic leadership style promotes effective communication and collaboration at different levels. Self-management in diabetes and other chronic disease depends on how patient-provider collaboration is organized, resulting in patient satisfaction, treatment adherence, and positive health outcomes (Lambrinou et al., 2019). Transparency in healthcare services, gathering feedback, and providing necessary information are the elements of the best cooperative strategy. Instead of giving recommendations and prescribing medications, nurses ask questions and share their observations on how other people cope with similar problems.

State Board Nursing Practice Standards and Government Policies

Today, understanding policies to predict and manage diabetes is important for nurses and patients who have to live with this condition. For example, the World Health Organization (2021) provides specific guidelines for several non-communicable diseases and improves public awareness, marking 14 November as World Diabetes Day. The Affordable Care Act reduces care costs in the United States and offers the best care quality through Medicare and Medicaid insurance programs. It is not enough for nurses to inform patients about the basics of diabetes but to check individual involvement in self-management and medication adherence.