get a bulge in your arteries and it blows up like a balloon)‚ heart failure‚ vision loss‚ kidney could shut down‚ and the list goes on. Explaining diabetes to a 13-year old middle school honors student: Hey‚ what’s up? The doctor wanted me to come in and talk to you for a minute. I understand that the doctor has just diagnosed you with diabetes. I want to make sure you understand what that is and what goes along with it.
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When it comes to diabetes the most common form is type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes occurs when a person’s body has problems producing insulin. When someone has type 2 diabetes there are high levels of the sugar glucose in the blood. As we all know most people who contract type 2 diabetes are overweight and with Susan’s current bmi she is greatly increasing her chances of contracting it‚ on top of that her chances are greatly increase even more due to the fact that she has a family history of type
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References American Diabetes Association‚ (2010). Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes-2010. Diabetes Care 33 p. S11-S61. DOI: 10.2337/dc10-s011 Burke‚ S. D.‚ Sherr‚ D.‚ & Lipman‚ R. D. (2014). Partnering with diabetes educators to improve patient outcomes. Diabetes‚ Metabolic Syndrome & Obesity: Targets & Therapy‚ 745. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011). Diabetes successes and opportunities for population-based prevention and control: At a glance 2011. Retrieved from http://www
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Type I Diabetes since the age of eleven. Being nineteen now‚ I have had a lot of experience with this disease. I would like to share my experience with those who are living with this disease and how I was able to manage living with it. The qualifications of a Diabetes educator‚ includes a current Registered Nurse licensure‚ current Basic Life Support certification‚ experience in health care setting‚ and a certified Diabetes Educator. It also “involves a person with pre-diabetes or diabetes and/or
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Diabetes Mel·li·tus (mə-lī’təs‚ měl’ĭ-) is a metabolic disorder in which there are high blood sugar levels over a period of time. This disease process symptomatology is excessive thirst‚ frequent urination and increase hunger. There are three types of Diabetes Mellitus. Type I or insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) has an early onset and is diagnosed in someone who is a juvenile. Type II or non-insulin diabetes mellitus (NIIDDM) has a late onset and is diagnosed in someone who is an adult
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List and briefly describe the four types of diabetes insipidus. Neurogenic DI- is caused by a deficiency of antidiuretic hormone Nephrogenic DI- is caused by insensitivity of the kidneys to effect the antidiuretic hormone Dispogenic DI- is caused by being really thirty and drinking way too much liquid of any kind. Gestagenic DI- is only during pregnancy and it is causd by a deficiency of the antidiuretic 4. How is pituitary diabetes insipidus diagnosed? It is diagnosed with
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Lush “Happy people making happy soap” EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Lush Marketing Plan Page 1 I. Situation Analysis Lush Products and Services: Creators of Lush have been working together to craft their handmade cosmetics since the 1970’s‚ but not under the name Lush. Luckily in 1994 the company was able to recreate itself and reopened its doors as Lush Inc. Their headquarters are in Poole‚ England where they really changed the bathing world by introducing the public to new bath products
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numerous health disparities which affects their quality of life; however‚ type II diabetes is becoming a detrimental disease altering the Hispanic community. Diabetes is a nationwide disease that bears on all age groups and minorities‚ but the burden of this health problem and its consequences impacts the Hispanics. “Type II diabetes affects Hispanic populations disproportionately and is the fifth leading cause of death for Hispanic people in the United States (Heuman‚ Scholl‚ and Wilkinson‚ 2013)
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Diabetes Case Study Laura Dittmer Eileen Gillespie Tracy Taylor Gina Hall Ann Slattery NUR/427 3/17/2014 University of Phoenix Diabetes Case Study In order to deliver effective teaching and education to Angelo an assessment of what he knows about his illness‚ where his educational needs lie‚ and his readiness to learn must be evaluated. Completing this assessment allows the nurse educator to evaluate Angelo’s cognitive level and how to proceed with education. The nurse educator must
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changed when she was diagnosed diabetes type 2. She was neither obsessed‚ nor decayed-teeth; the reason why she got this disease was only because of over chemotherapy. From that time‚ her lifestyle transferred to non-sugar and non-fat mode‚ including whole family eventually. Although she put all her effort to control her blood sugar‚ her vision began to blur‚ and her skin began to ulcerate. Every time when I heard this story from my father‚ I felt frightened about diabetes. As her healthy situation
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