Patient Teaching Plan for Type 1 Diabetes Essay

Introduction

Diabetes is a set of diseases which affects the body usage of blood sugar. Blood sugar is critical to one's health mainly because it is usually a source of energy during the creation of tissues and muscles in the body. Diabetes no matter what kind has chances of causing excessive sugar in the blood which can lead to stern health complications. There are two types of chronic diabetes conditions that includes type 1 diabetes condition and the type 2 diabetes condition. Type 1 diabetes occurs when the pancreas whose primary function is to produce insulin in the body does not create any at all while type 2 diabetes occurs when the insulin produced by the pancreas is not enough or when the insulin does not react with the body cells. (Katsarou, Gudbjornsdottir, Rawshani, Dabelea, Bonifacio, Anderson, & Lernmark, 2017) Type 1 diabetes mostly affects people who are below forty years of age and mostly at childhood. This paper is an educational plan on type 1 diabetes condition hence will focus on the type 1 diabetes only whereby assessment of the learner, expected learner needs, teaching strategies that best meets the needs of the learner, sources to enhance learning, learning outcomes are clearly described.

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Asses Client Concerns

Nurse; "What are your fears?"

Patient; "How long will it take for me to recover fully?"

"Is the disease severe?"

"Will it keep coming back after recovery?"

"Is my immune system weak?"

"Am I at the risk of getting high blood pressure and heart diseases?"

"Am I going to be walking around with medicine in my pockets all the time?"

"What is the cause of the illness?"

"Am I going to get admitted?"

Nurse; "Recovery will depend on the situation or the stage of your disease, if it is not severe there are chances of quick recovery, but you will confirm after diagnosis by the doctor. The severity of the disease depends on how early one is diagnosed after experiencing the symptoms. Diabetes is a chronic disease, once it affects you, you will live with it the rest of your life, so the best thing is to take precaution and do exactly as prescribed by the doctor. No having diabetes does not mean that your immune system is weak, diabetes results from the failure of the pancreas to perform its task and not because of a weak immune system, in fact the immune system may be the cause of diabetes since at times the natural body immunity may mistake the insulin cells as being harmful to the body hence the immune system attacks the cells which in turn results to diabetes. (Chiang, Kirkman, Laffel, & Peters, 2014).

Someone suffering from diabetes is usually at high risk of being affected by other chronic diseases such as heart attack as well as the repeated occurrence of high blood pressure but there are chances to reduce the risk by eating healthy and doing a lot of exercise daily, yes there is a high risk of getting those diseases. In carrying medicine all the time, you must ensure that you have the injections you are going to be prescribed by the doctor and use them as the doctor advises you, but there are different treatments for diabetes hence that one will depend on the mode of treatment and how the doctor prescribes. Type 1 diabetes condition is caused by the pancreas inability to produce insulin. (Atkinson, Eisenbarth, & Michels, 2014). It may also be because of an attack of the cells in the pancreas by the body defense against illness as well as infection or the immune system which mistakes the pancreas cells with harmful cells hence attacking them. Admission will depend on the level of suffering or the stage of the disease which you will be informed of once the you are diagnosed."

Asses Client Knowledge

Nurse; "If you have any question please feel free to ask, we are all here to help you."

Patient; "Is there a way it can be treated to cure no matter what cost because I have a family to take care of and I cannot imagine the suffering they will undergo without me by their side?"

"What am I supposed to do to avoid dying?"

"When will I die?"

Nurse; "Diabetes cannot be cured but the treatment prescribed by the doctor is usually meant to control one's symptoms as well as keeping the levels of blood glucose regular. The therapy also helps in the prevention of the development of health problems later in life. (Lind, Svensson, Kosiborod, Gudbjornsdottir, Pivodic, Wedel, & Rosengr 2014) After the diagnosis you will be referred to a care team that has the responsibility of caring for those suffering from diabetes who will provide specialist monitoring and treatment. Since your body will not be able to produce insulin anymore, you will be prescribed regular insulin injections to ensure your levels of glucose are normal.

You are going to be taught how to inject yourself the medicines as well as how to match the food nutrients you eat and the insulin you inject yourself to avoid complications. If you follow the doctor's instructions you will be able to take care of your family as you have always wished to be responsible to them. You only need to do as told, eat healthily and do exercises and ensure you receive your medication appropriately to avoid dying. When you are going to die I do not know, that is a question that only God has the answer but if you do not do the appropriate precaution and do as advised you will die soon.

Teaching Plan

The learning style is graphic.

Give detailed instruction on the daily living.

Medication management.

The readiness of Learner.

Patient articulates great interest.

The patient was nervous until the concerns were spoken.

Ask questions (patient)

The patient is emotionally distressed.

Goal Development

Education of type 1 diabetes condition.

Learning Outcome

By the end of the presentation the patient will have the ability to explain the significance of their overall self-care.

By the end of the presentation the patient will have the ability to make partial changes in matters concerning nutrition, body exercises, health, as well as the home environment.

By the end of the presentation the patient will have the ability to validate the best medication, type of food products, body exercises, social activities and kind of care options that best suits him/her and those that do not.

By the end of the presentation the patient will be able to clearly remember the details given regarding his/her self-care guide.

Evaluation

Ask the patient to explain the effectiveness of the treatment.

Ask the patient to try and remember the topics focused on as well as relevant facts of each topic such as diet, daily routines and medication.

Ask the patient to determine whether the treatment received was appropriate and highlight on the advantages and disadvantages.

References

Atkinson, M. A., Eisenbarth, G. S., & Michels, A. W. (2014). Type 1 diabetes. The Lancet, 383(9911), 69-82.

Chiang, J. L., Kirkman, M. S., Laffel, L. M., & Peters, A. L. (2014). Type 1 diabetes through the life span: a position statement of the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes care, 37(7), 2034-2054.

Katsarou, A., Gudbjornsdottir, S., Rawshani, A., Dabelea, D., Bonifacio, E., Anderson, B. J., ... & Lernmark, A. (2017). Type 1 diabetes mellitus. Nature reviews Disease primers, 3, 17016.

Lind, M., Svensson, A. M., Kosiborod, M., Gudbjornsdottir, S., Pivodic, A., Wedel, H., ... & Rosengren, A. (2014). Glycemic control and excess mortality in type 1 diabetes. New England Journal of Medicine, 371(21), 1972-1982.