Karen Evans Unit 9 Project HW215-08 1) Why was a collaborative partnership established? This partnership was established to help improve health care of those with diabetes and to avoid or prevent lower extremity amputations in countries in Latin America. Its plan was to address the need to raise awareness of diabetes for everyone working towards improvements in diabetes education, treatment, and care. 2) What are the philosophical and practical pitfalls encountered? The pitfalls of this type of program would working across the boundaries to bring together foreign and local knowledge.
This is also referred to insulin resistance (Diabetes Australia, 2015). 10. Describe the specialist services that treat and manage complications of Diabetes. The first and most important person involved in this management is the client. It is the client’s responsibility to adhere to the recommendations of their care givers and strive to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
A pharmacistled diabetes case management program at the Providence VA Medical Center has improved treatment adherence, glycemic control and cardiac risk reduction in patients with concomitant diabetes and mental illness. However, the frequent clinic visits that are necessary to
Quality Improvement Email Angel Lowe HCS/588 July 6, 2015 Georgia Rothstein Quality Improvement Email The goal of health care organizations is to provide safe patient and quality care. If an organization wants to achieve these two concepts then they require a continuous effort on the part of the organization. Quality improvement (QI) is an important factor in an organization as they work toward achieving safe patient and quality care. The organization needs to have set guidelines as well as dependable and consistent care as it relates to providing QI. This study will look into QI as well as look the importance of quality management as well as the impact it has in health care.
The community nurse also work as clinician. Camden and Gallagher (2009) shows that due to physical size, a lot of basic nursing interventions are more complex for those patients. For example, obese children are more likely to get pressure ulcers and cause skin breakdown, because of pressure within skin fold. Related complications such as difficulty in breathing, immobility, intravenous access and medicine absorption. In shorts, community nurses have multiple roles in health promoting in children obesity, thus, community nurses should meet the diversity of the role with various
In particular, there is one webpage published by the Canadian Diabetes Association which greatly persuades readers to pursue healthy and active lifestyles. The Canadian Diabetes Association is an organization that provides support for diabetes sufferers and facilitates diabetes research. This suggests that some of the values of the Canadian Diabetes Association include diabetes prevention and management. Consequently, the webpage greatly encourages readers to pursue healthy and active lifestyles in a caring manner. In the statement, “You might have a hard time accepting that you…[have] type two diabetes…it is not unusual to feel scared, shocked,” (Type 2 Diabetes, par.
Exercise is another key component of maintaining a healthy self. Setting up exercise programs is essential for prevention of stroke and heart attacks which seems to have a correlation with increased dementia. We as health professionals have a responsibility to teach and assist people to maintain a lifestyle that will prevent some of the key factors which contribute to AD. Nurses and health care professionals are the first line to addressing these issues and assisting people to become aware of ways to keep and stay healthier during the golden years. Using the research that has been applied to best practice is the way that nurses can make a huge difference in their client’s lives.
Public health encompasses protecting and improving the health of communities through coordinated efforts of governments, private and voluntary organisations and individuals. Nutritional medicine professionals contribute to public health through each of these channels. They develop policies and programs within public health nutrition, are involved in associations, as well as educate and motivate individuals in private practices. Their purpose is to improve the communities or individuals overall nutritional status. Increases in popularity of complementary therapies such as nutrition, and focuses of government policy on prevention, indicate nutritional medicine may become more relevant in public health in the future.
Using the nutrition care process should lead the registered dietitian to a more efficient and effective treatment, in addition to greater recognition for the role they play in all care settings. The Nutrition Care Process and Model was designed to incorporate a scientific base that moves away from the previous experience based practices of nutrition professionals to a more evidence-based approach. The Nutrition Care Process was originally published as part of the Nutrition Care Model. The Nutrition Care Model is a graphic visualization (see attachment) that illustrates the steps of the Nutrition Care Process (NCP). The graphic illustrates the internal and external factors that affect the nutrition care process and thus the patient.
Professionals, too have an increasing understand of environmental factors which can cause ill-health. These factors may include services such as waste management, water supply, sanitation, affordable housing, pollution, energy sources, access to health and social care services and access to leisure and recreation facilities. Professionals may also need to work hard at helping individuals to increase their own skills to be able to take control of their own health. The empowerment model of health promotion would help with this issue. Doctors for example, would take preventative measures to help the individual that he/she is dealing with.