Psychology and Health Issues Program Review October 7‚ 2012 HCA/250 Instructor: Catherine Doughty In this final project of the class‚ we are asked to follow a widespread psychological issue to be chosen from a list of subjects. The overview that was selected was diabetes. An explanation of the health issue overview‚ education program‚ and a proposal to improve the program will be explained in the following paragraphs as well as psychology issues‚ risk factors‚ and treatments that are associated
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Does someone you know have diabetes? Diabetes is an issue on the body that produces blood sugar levels increase more than usual. This type of diabetes is called diabetes 2 and is also called hyperglycemia. There are many medical diabetic diets that should not keep you away of enjoying many foods and flavors. Diabetes 2‚ also known as diabetes mellitus is caused when the body does not use insulin in a proper way. This issue is named insulin resistant. Insulin is essential to maintain glucose levels
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challenging‚ especially when those around you of skills were not given the proper form to assist themselves or others concerning the nutritional and the process of digestion. Society has conveyed a false advertisement about the diabetic community. Grouping all diabetics‚ type 1‚ and type 2‚ is not the way these diseases should be represented. According to the ADA ( American Diabetes Association)
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are caring and the caring interactions between the nurse and the nursed leads to growth and knowledge of both parties. Nurse diabetes educators utilizing the human aspect of caring interactions between themselves and the patient increase meeting diabetic healthcare goals and improve outcomes for patients diagnosed with diabetes. This paper aim is to support the theory of Nursing as Caring through historical content of the theory and presentation of studies that validate the act of caring on patient
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ILLNESS: The patient well known to me is pleasant 53-year-old diabetic male‚ with a one week history of a six cm diameter grade two diabetic ulceration beneath the medial cuneiform of the right foot. The patient also has a significant history of Charcot’s disease of the right foot and diabetic neuropathy of the lower extremities bilaterally. The patient received partial thickness skin graph about four months ago over the large diabetic ulceration of his right foot‚ which ulcerated upon ambulation
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What happens in diabetes? Lack of insulin or a resistance to insulin is known to have major metabolic effects. Food powers our bodies. When we eat food‚ most digestable carbohydrates are converted into glucose and rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream. We use this glucose for energy. However these carbohydrates cannot be utilized effectively and excess glucose cannot be stored in the liver. The glucose level in the blood increases but the cells of the body will be lacking of glucose and energy.
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Whether a patient has Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes makes no difference when it comes to the effects on wound care. Several problems arise with diabetics and the way there body works to heal a wound and what problems they face. Throughout all of the articles I reviewed they each list common issues patients face with wound healing. There are several things that diabetics can do to prevent ulcers from forming and to prevent the possible return once they have healed. The following articles discuss several
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Assessment for Diabetic Patient Name institutional Affiliation: Assessment for Diabetic Patient Health care delivery and education are crucial for health care providers. Nurses and other professionals are challenged to assure that the patients have the necessary information to make informed decisions. Patients and their families should have the right to access information about their health and commonly make important decisions from the facts. Diabetic patients need such information so take
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key part in the reaction would be C6H12O6‚ or glucose. Glucose oxidase can be applied to diabetics as mentioned earlier‚ as biosensors work by "keeping track of the number of electrons that pass through the enzyme by connecting it to an electrode and measuring the resultant charge" (From Biosensors to Food Preservative). This would allow biosensors to monitor blood glucose levels‚ improving the lives of diabetics. (From Biosensor to Food Preservative) In the world today‚ enzymes are used in a variety
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make a pancreatic extract which had anti diabetic characteristics. They were successful in testing their extract on diabetic dogs. Within months Professor J. J. R. MacLeod‚ who provided the lab space and general scientific direction to Banting and Best‚ put his entire research team to work on the production and purification of insulin. J.B. Collip joined the team and with his technical expertise the four discoverers were able to purify insulin for use on diabetic patients. The first tests were conducted
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