NSG 4055 Week 3 Project – Illness and Disease Management Introduction

 

There are many things related to the care of our diabetes patients. Our task is to ensure that they understand all aspects of the disease so that they can be helped to improve their care of themselves. It is necessary to consider them as important as the caregivers in the process of care (Njeru et al., 2018). A patient needs to be healthy and have improved management of blood sugar. If a patient does not want to achieve these goals, every intervention that we employ will not give the desired outcome in the care process.

Support Needs

In the second week, I gave my patient D.K. a diabetes questionnaire. Based on the provided answers from D.K., I had to devise a care plan according to the needs of the patient. These support options are listed below:

Ensure that her eye exam plan is scheduled by May 2020 and guide her to send a copy of the study to our office for registration. I will ensure that the patient understands the significance of these tests, as diabetes can cause damage to the retina (called retinopathy).

We will also ensure that a diabetic foot test will be done for the assessment of neuropathy before D.K. leaves the office I will enlighten the patient about the importance of this test and why it is necessary to perform this test once a year.

Make sure D.K. understands the significance of following directions and always informs us in advance that she needs additional medications so that she does not run out of them medications.

Make sure she never adjusts her insulin dose by herself. If other doctors try to change this, then she must see her.

It is necessary to talk to her about the physical activities. Enlighten her that no less than 30 minutes of aerobic exercise or walking every day is very beneficial for weight loss and heart. Therefore, this will consequently assist in managing the blood sugar.

She must ensure that she will inform us about any changes in her current health status and surgeries.

I will explain to her how important it is to control blood sugar at least three times. She can also check this before going to sleep. I will see to it that she understands that she needs to record the measurements so that we can adjust the dose if necessary.

I will also ensure that she understands the significance of monitoring her blood sugar level three times a day before

I will explicate how important it is to keep track of the decrease in blood sugar levels and the time of day we may make any.

Record the time and degree of decrease in blood glucose so the healthcare provider knows the proper way to manage it.

Explain to D.K. that she does not have to look for cheap. She only needs 15 grams of carbohydrates.

Explain that if the blood glucose in the glucagon emergency kit is too low, an emergency kit should be prepared. This is especially useful because most of its reflux occurs on the night the office is

Explain the ways in which diabetes affects the nerves in the legs, and therefore, we examine the foot every D.K. must report abnormal feelings as she noticed.

Explain to D.K. why alcohol is harmful to people, especially people with

Explain the importance of quitting alcohol or at least reduce costs.

Explain to D.K. why drug abuse is harmful to people, especially.

Make sure the requested information is accessible, and I will read all the information with her to let me know if she fully understands