Category: Diabetes

  • Smartphone Application and Diabetes Reminder Management

    The proposed intervention implies the implementation of smartphone applications aimed at managing diabetes. One suggests that the following practice is likely to be mutually beneficial for a patient and a practitioner. The intervention has a lot of advantages, including its wide availability, low cost, and innovative character. Nowadays, the fact that the diabetes problem has…

  • Symptoms of Type I Diabetes

    The patient provides information about chest pain, polyuria, and sweating. The patient also notes recurrent symptoms such as blurred vision and numbness of the limbs. The possible symptoms inherent to diabetes, which the patient also mentions, are unmotivated weakness, drowsiness, persistent thirst, and dry mouth. Pain in the limbs worsens during the physical activities. Sharp…

  • Preventing Diabetes and Heart Failure Hospitalizations

    Table of Contents Introduction Literature Review Methodology Data Analysis Researcher’s Conclusion Strengths Limitations Impact on Nursing Practice Reference Introduction The goal of this research is to acquire data regarding the opinion given by patients suffering from diabetes mellitus (DM) and heart failure (HF). These two instances have had a huge financial impact on the American…

  • Preventing Diabetes and Heart Failure Hospitalizations

    Table of Contents Introduction Literature Review Methodology Data Analysis Researcher’s Conclusion Strengths Limitations Impact on Nursing Practice Reference Introduction The goal of this research is to acquire data regarding the opinion given by patients suffering from diabetes mellitus (DM) and heart failure (HF). These two instances have had a huge financial impact on the American…

  • Diabetes Care Team Best Practices

    Successful diabetes care requires the systematic collaboration of professionals from different branches of medicine. The care team must be led by a physician who understands the fundamental principles of diabetes care and can coordinate other team members in their implementation. Those principles include ensuring glycemic control and preventing acute and chronic complications (Banasik & Copstead,…

  • Foot Ulcers Management in Diabetes Patients

    Introduction The guideline “Assessment and management of foot ulcers for people with diabetes” comprises various recommendations for the selection and utilization of evidence related to the examination, staff education, improvement of appropriate organizational culture, and policy-making in the area of prevention and treatment of foot ulcers in patients with diabetes. The guideline is indented for…

  • Type 2 Diabetes: Diabetes in Canada

    Type 2 diabetes is a disease that presents a great danger to the life of a human being, and there is currently no cure for it. It has an array of symptoms and signs that help identify this ailment, and, in turn, ease its consequences through treatment. The specific causes for it might differ, but…

  • Screening and Management of Diabetes: Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes Guidelines

    Table of Contents Introduction Theoretical Foundation The Review of the Literature The A1C Criterion Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG) Criterion Oral Plasma Glucose Tolerance (OGTT) Criterion Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) Recommendations Conclusion References Introduction Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder that occurs due to the inability of the body to regulate the level of glucose…

  • Type 1 Diabetes: Characteristics, Epidemiology

    Type 1 diabetes, also known as juvenile diabetes is a rare form of diabetes. Between five and ten percent of patients who are diagnosed with diabetes suffer from this form of diabetes. It is an autoimmune condition that causes the immune system of the patients to damage cells that produce insulin. The absence of insulin…

  • Diabetes in Children: Symptoms and Diagnostics

    Table of Contents Introduction Overview of the Disease Symptoms of Diabetes in Children The Importance of Early Detection The Role of Nurses Innovative Diagnostic Tool References Introduction Due to the fact that diabetes is most frequently met in people over 65, there is a common delusion that it can be classified as an age-related disease.…