Diabetes afflicts more than 25.8 million people within the United States, or 8.3% of the population and is rising each year (Klein, 2013). From my personal experience, I see many patients newly diagnosed or hospitalized due to complications from diabetes. With diabetes on the rise in the US population, management, and patient education is something that needs to be more prevalent. Through better patient education and teaching, a number of hospitalizations in regards to diabetic side effects can be prevented, or at the least reduced. The following is a research paper discussing the nurse’s role in relations to diabetes self-management and patient education.
According to International Journal of Nurses Studies, diabetes is one of the most common non-communicable long-term diseases in the world linked to high mortality, morbidity, loss of quality of life, and high social and …show more content…
Communication and education, being the most influential, should be the primary focus for the nurse. Communication between the nurse and patient needs to be open and sensitive to the social, cultural or financial nuances particular to their patient at that time. Education between the patient and nurse needs to be consistent and informative; through training or by building off whatever knowledge the patient currently has (Wilkinson, 2012). Because the number of hospital admissions for individuals with diabetes is expected to grow over the course of years, it will be important for nurses to be knowledgeable about diabetes self-management and patient education. With the appropriate training and information on diabetes, a nurse will be able to provide an appropriate patient centered care plan, along with self-management educational training, which will allow the patient to address and treat their disease (Yacoub,
According to International Journal of Nurses Studies, diabetes is one of the most common non-communicable long-term diseases in the world linked to high mortality, morbidity, loss of quality of life, and high social and …show more content…
Communication and education, being the most influential, should be the primary focus for the nurse. Communication between the nurse and patient needs to be open and sensitive to the social, cultural or financial nuances particular to their patient at that time. Education between the patient and nurse needs to be consistent and informative; through training or by building off whatever knowledge the patient currently has (Wilkinson, 2012). Because the number of hospital admissions for individuals with diabetes is expected to grow over the course of years, it will be important for nurses to be knowledgeable about diabetes self-management and patient education. With the appropriate training and information on diabetes, a nurse will be able to provide an appropriate patient centered care plan, along with self-management educational training, which will allow the patient to address and treat their disease (Yacoub,