Diabetes is a major health problem in the United States and worldwide. Hinkle (2019) estimates that one in
three adults may have the diagnosis of diabetes by the year 2050. Reducing the burden of diabetes is a goal of
Healthy People 2020 (2019). With this information in mind, the successful management of diabetes depends
on self-care and self-management of the person diagnosed with the disease.
Patient teaching is very important to the management of diabetes. Correct use of insulin, self-testing of
glucose, use of other technology such as insulin pumps, and vigilance about preventing and detecting
complications are key teaching topics.
Please choose one of the topics and develop a detailed teaching plan with an emphasis on self-management.
Be sure to include a collaborative suggestion for another professional who would be involved in the teaching
plan. Inclusion of culture, client developmental level, and socioeconomic factors should be considered.
Initial Post
For your first post, please select one of the topics below and address the question(s). Consider briefly looking
at the topics in the appropriate chapters or reading the position statements linked in the assigned readings.
Client:
A nine-year-old male patient with newly diagnosed type one diabetes. You are caring for this child and his
parents in the pediatric unit and need to provide essential teaching related to diabetes so the patient can be discharged home before seeing the pediatric endocrinologist in a few days.
Textbook Readings
Burchum, J. R., & Rosenthal, L.D. (2019). Lehne’s pharmacology for nursing care (10th ed.). Elsevier.
Chapter 57: Drugs for Diabetes Mellitus (pp. 674-710)
Hinkle, J., & Cheever, K. (2018). Brunner and Suddarth’s textbook of medical-surgical nursing (14th ed.).
Wolters Kluwer.
Chapter 51: Assessment and Management of Patients With Diabetes Mellitus (pp. 1456-1500)
Silbert-Flagg, J., & Pillitteri, A. (2018). Maternal and child health nursing: Care of the childbearing and
childrearing family (8th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.
Chapter 48: Nursing Care of a Family When a Child Has an Endocrine or a Metabolic Disorder (pp. 1359-69)
Web Resources
American Diabetes Association: DiabetesPro websitent just in case. The current assignment is attached as well.
Sample Solution