Diabetes Executive Summary

Advancements in health assessments and technologies are allowing people to live longer and also allow more time for health-damaging behaviors to take a toll on one’s health and create a chronic disease. People with a chronic disease often have complications or comorbidities that make caring challenging not only for their health care providers, but also for the individual and their family. I choose how the chronic disease diabetes type II affects a patient’s health and reflect on three health promotion interventions that will help manage and minimize the effects that this disease has on their well-being. Diabetes is a disease that affects many people in a community and if not diagnosed and managed properly, can lead to other comorbidities.
It is important to make patients aware of the many resources available to them that will help them manage their disease the best way possible. As a nurse educator, I also urge my patients to visit various Internet sites that provide support, education, and ideas to manage this disease, emphasizing especially the American Diabetes Association. This organization’s mission and purpose is to help prevent, manage, and make the life of those with diabetes better ("American Diabetes Association®," 2014). Concurrently with diet education, I would stress how beneficial it would be to incorporate a plan that will increase physical activity levels in their daily
Many individuals with diabetes are found to be less active physically than others, even though they understand that this inactivity is a risk factor for further disease development (Olson & McAuley, 2015). The diabetic booklet given to the patient also provides physical exercise tips, exercise examples, and the importance of testing their blood sugars before and after exercising. I convey to the patient that they need approval by their physician before starting any kind of exercise regimen. Exercising daily, even just walking, is an important part of their disease management plan. I often suggest to my patients to join a gym so that in the winter months they can be consistent in continuing this necessary behavioral change and how it contributes to lower blood glucose levels and weight