Nursing Care for Patients with Co-morbid Conditions: Type 2 Diabetes and Depression

Running head: NURSING CARE
Nursing Care
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Discussion of type 2 diabetes nursing care using clinical reasoning cycle................................2
Discussion of depression using clinical reasoning cycle...........................................................5
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6
References..................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
The current assignment focuses upon nursing care and management for a patient
suffering from con-morbid conditions. Here, the patient named Peter Mitchell is a 52 years
old man and was suffering from a number of co-morbid conditions such as – type 2 diabetes,
morbid obesity, sleep apnoea, depression. Since peter was suffering from co-morbid
conditions managing his daily life activities became difficult for him. Additionally, the huge
body weight made conducting his daily job of a fork lift driver at the coal mine difficult for
him. He also secluded himself from the society owing to his abnormally huge body size
which resulted in sleep apnoea and depression. Therefore, he has put on a series of
medications including metformin, Metoprolol etc. In this assignment a nursing management
plan has been designed for Peter Mitchell with respect to the different attributes of the
clinical reasoning cycle. The activities and limitations of the care management programs at
each step have been discussed in detail.
Discussion of type 2 diabetes nursing care using clinical reasoning cycle
In order to design an effective care plan for the patient the nurse needs to follow an
effective cycle. Here, peter was a 52 year old man who was suffering from type 2 diabetes
diagnosed 9 years ago. Peter had been referred by his GP on showing a number of symptoms
such as shakiness, diaphoresis, increased hunger, high blood glucose levels and difficulty
during sleeping. The sudden trauma experienced by the patient over here could be attributed
to rise in blood glucose level.
On gathering of further information it was understood that the patient had been
suffering from a number of co-morbid health conditions and was prescribed a huge lot of
medications such as insulin Novomix 30 BD, Metfromin 500 mg BD, Lisinopril 10 mg daily,