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Diabetic Education Consultation

   

Added on  2021-04-19

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Running head: DIABETIC EDUCATION CONSULTATIONDiabetic Education ConsultationName of the studentUniversity nameAuthor’s note

1DIABETIC EDUCATION CONSULTATIONAbstractThe assignment focuses upon the importance of implementation of inpatient diabetes education within a healthcare setup. US have one of the highest rates of diabetes worldwide and needs s proper intervention strategies. Though, significant improvement has been made in the structure and the extent of US based healthcare high rates of hospital readmission havebeen found in most of the cases. Therefore, there is a need to focus more upon the health education and self management strategies of the patient. Additionally, educating the patient regarding healthy diet and medication administration strategies can make them less dependent upon the medical channels and reduce the cost of hospital care. The assignment discusses the importance of patient education and consultation in diabetes symptoms management. Some of the challenges which could be faced over here are lack of knowledge and effective infrastructure which makes arranging the inpatient setup difficult for the patients. The diabetes management health education can produce different level of impacts upon the patient depending upon their education levels. The assignment tries to analyse the various difficulties which are faced in the delivery of the inpatient care programs.

2DIABETIC EDUCATION CONSULTATIONTable of ContentsIntroduction................................................................................................................................3Purpose.......................................................................................................................................5Literature review....................................................................................................................5Health education needs of a person affected with diabetes........................................................6Effect of education for development of self control in person affected with diabetes..............7Benefits of diabetes inpatient program in healthcare.................................................................9Research methodology.........................................................................................................10Discussion and findings.......................................................................................................12Recommendations................................................................................................................14References............................................................................................................................16

3DIABETIC EDUCATION CONSULTATIONIntroductionBackgroundDiabetes is the chronic illness associated with increased risk of hospital re-admission. According to the literature 20% of the patients diagnosed with diabetes are found to be rehospitalised within 30 days. Further, 30% of these patients are found with rehospitalisation more than once in a year (Rubin, 2015). This trend is commonly observed in the patients withlow educational attainment, low income, those without private insurance, low medication adherence among other socio-economic factors. There are patients who are failing to acknowledge diabetes at discharge (Stenberg et al., 2018). There is a growing literature on the education of patients with poorly controlled diabetes. However, there is a very limited research on the impact of involving the diabetes specialist team in this process. There is literature available on the positive impact of diabetes education by nurses on decreasing hospital readmission within one month. It was to improve glycemic control (Powers et al., 2015). It includes increase in the A1c levels and medication adherence. However, there is limited research on the impact of inpatient education on diabetes management and decreasingthe readmission rates. Hence, there is a need to explore the need for inpatient diabetic education consultation in patients with poorly controlled diabetes and evaluate the benefits ofthe education to the healthcare. SignificanceThe problem area is significant in the sense that there are various barriers to the outpatient education. It includes poor access, competing medical priorities and coverage. Inpatient education may reduce the barriers of the outpatient education. There is lack of resources for educating patients with challenging diabetic cases (Wexler et al., 2012).

4DIABETIC EDUCATION CONSULTATIONConsequently, at the time of discharge, patients leave with several unmet needs. It may be related to follow ups, medication reconciliation, supplies of medications, self-management and survival skills (Horigan et al., 2017). In future, there may be further increase in hospital readmission of these patients. It is estimated based on increasing number patients with co-morbidities. The need for inpatient education is significant issue as the comprehensive education is given in outpatient setting that deals with self management strategies. It is considered that the patients are not suitable for comprehensive education in inpatient setting. Inside the hospital the focus is mainly on the survival skills. JustificationThe study on this area is justified as there is a gap in the literature pertaining to the efficacy of inpatient diabetes education program on illness management and rehospitalisation rates. The poor management of diabetes and rehospitalisation signifies the need to address the problem with evidence based intervention. There is a gap in literature regarding the content of the education program in inpatient setting and required resources. In order to increase percentage of people well managing diabetes symptoms and reducing the frequency of the rehospitalisation, it is imperative to provide education in inpatient setting. To achieve such target it is imperative to understand the needs of education of the diabetic patients. It will help design effective education program by the nurses and the clinicians and critically analyse the effectiveness of such program and recognise the benefits to health care. This area needs to be explored to recommend the detailed diabetes education in inpatient education. This research is significant as it will contribute to the literature that mainly deals with effectiveness of diabetes education when given in outpatient setting.

5DIABETIC EDUCATION CONSULTATIONPurposeThe aim of research is to understand the need for inpatient diabetic education consultation in patients with poorly controlled diabetes. The rational for the research is to develop valuable insights in promoting patient awareness about diabetes management through inpatient education. The outcome of the research would benefit the patients, students and prospective nurses in promoting the value of inpatient diabetic education. It may reduce the hospital readmissions in future as patients will be better able to manage diabetes. The research objectives are as follow- To identify the needs of the inpatient diabetic education in patients with poorlycontrolled diabetes To critically analyse the effect of inpatient education consultation in patients with diabetesTo evaluate the impact of education In order to fulfil the purpose of the research, a secondary research would be conducted to examine the literature in this area. Literature review Education and consultation have been seen to play a significant role in the control andmanagement of diabetes. Reports and evidences have revealed higher rates of presence of diabetes within the population of the Unites States. As reported by Mackey, Boyle, Walo, Gauthier & Cook (2015), the highest rates of type 2 diabetes have found in the south of the Unites States of America. Reports how that more than 29 million adults have diabetes and 86 million have pre-diabetes. Investigations have pointed towards the presence of inactive lifestyle, bad eating habits, addiction to alcohol and smoking as some of the causes which aggravates the symptoms of diabetes within the population (Hardee et al., 2015). Some of the

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