The different types of diets Glucose Control - Diabetic Diet Nutrition experts say that there is no one diet for diabetes‚ but people with diabetes should follow the nutrition guidelines in the Food Pyramid‚ while paying special attention to carbohydrate intake. People with diabetes should also eat about the same amount of food at the same time each * Eat more starches such as bread‚ cereal‚ and starchy vegetables. Aim for six servings a day or more. For example‚ have cold cereal with nonfat
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HLTEN611B – Apply Principles of Diabetic Nursing Care Assessment 1 – Case Study James is 18 years of age and has just presented (with his parents) to his GP with a 2 week history of extreme fatigue‚ polyuria‚ polydipsia‚ and weight loss. His random BGL is 41mmol/l and his blood ketones show 3.2mmol/l. His GP has diagnosed Type 1 diabetes with DKA and has sent him to the emergency department to see an endocrinologist at your public hospital‚ St Health Skills. The endocrinologist has decided on
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GUEST EDITORIAL Communication: why is this such an emotive subject? Communication is the activity of conveying meaningful information. Communication requires a sender‚ a message and an intended recipient‚ although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender’s intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast distances in time and space. Communication requires that the communicating parties share an area of communicative commonality
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Introduction The case scenario selected for discussion is about Jeremy Kayton‚ 18 year old male student who moved to America when he was 17 year old. He was recently diagnosed with a case of type I diabetes mellitus‚ went through a break up and he had to work long hours to support himself. He was probably under a lot of psychological and emotional stress‚ suffering from ’tension headache’ and took an over dose of Panadol or acetaminophen with alcohol. According to food and drug agency (2009)‚ a combination
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OF PATIENTS WITH DIABETES FOOT ULCERS (REFLECTIVE ANALYSIS) INCIDENT As a registered nurse with over 10 years of clinical practice experience in various field of nursing including caring for patients with diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs)‚ I was concerned with rise in the numbers of DFUs cases resulting into higher rates of amputation‚ disabilities and mortality . DFU are caused by a combination of peripheral neuropathy and vascular diseases resulting from diabetes mellitus (Army and Tanja‚ 2012).
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fundamental to the prevention of diabetic foot ulcers?” This question was developed using the PICO framework (appendix one). Diabetes is a chronic condition that can have debilitating consequences that can seriously affect a patient’s lifestyle and their contribution to social gain according to the Department of Health and Children (D.O.H.C.) (2008). It is increasing at a rapid rate which is highlighted by The Institute of Public Health (2010) who state that the number of diabetics in Ireland will rise from
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This is a case of a 40-year-old man who is a binge drinker. These are not just the people who indulge in huge quantities on a weekend. Binge drinking is defined as drinking twice the recommended limit in any one sitting. He developed severe abdominal pain which radiated through to the back. The pain had started suddenly‚ 15 hours before admission to the hospital. He had no previous history of gastrointestinal disease. On examination‚ the patient was mildly shocked and his abdomen was tender in the
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not secrete insulin or the body is unable to process it properly. INSULIN is the hormone that monitors the level of the sugar in the blood. DIABETIC EYE DISEASE refers to a group of eye problems that people with diabetes may face as a complication of diabetes that may cause severe vision loss or even blindness. DIABETIC RETINOPATHY is the most common diabetic eye disease and a leading cause of blindness. It involves small haemorrhages from broken arteries in the retina‚ with yellow waxy discharge
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Clinical Journal and Care Plan Clinical Preparation & Journal Form Student Name:wolie Date: 10/24/2011 1. Biographical Data: DOB: 09/25/1959‚ Female‚ 61 y.o.a. Initials: M.S. Age & Sex: 61 years and female Ht/wt: Race/Ethnicity: white Culture and Religion: Christian Living Arrangements: nursing home People in Home (number and relationship): 1 roommate Reason for hospitalization: MRSA isolation‚ Post-op or left knee replacement Past Health History
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While the United States has the most expensive health care system‚ it is fairly inaccessible and the quality of care falls short when compared to many healthcare systems in the world. Statistics obtained from The World Bank’s 2013 database show that the U.S. has the highest health care costs of any industrialized nation. In a report released by The Common Wealth the U.S. consistently underperformed relative to other industrialized countries on most dimensions of performance indicators (Davis‚ Stremikis
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