Nursing Care of a Person with Type II Diabetes Mellitus
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Running head: NURSING CARE OF A PERSON
NURSING CARE OF A PERSON
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NURSING CARE OF A PERSON
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author note
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A person suffering from a disease is cured by the combined efforts provide by the doctor
and the nurses, though the efforts of the nurses are much more in comparison to the efforts
provided by the doctors (Inzucchi et al., 2015).
The given case study is about Marcel, who is suffering from type II Diabetes mellitus.
The registered nurse of Marcel is going to help him by making him understand about the
management of medications. Marcel is a 70 years old man. He lives with his wife and used to do
sugarcane farming but has sold his farm recently. He has two children and three grandchildren.
He is obese and his present BMI is 35.6.
The medical history of Marcel’s family shows that his ancestors had suffered from both
type I and type II diabetes. He used to smoke a lot and was a chain smoker at the time of his
working days but now has left smoking and do it only occasional only when he meet with his
friends. The nurse must help him in explaining the priorities of self-managing the education
about diseases and medicines. He is an obese person, so it is necessary for him to manage his
health and the nurse must make him know the importance of adjusting his foods. His diet must
contain less amount of fats and carbohydrates and should contain more proteins (Pozzilli et al.,
2016). He must know about the medicines that he is taking and must analyse the reason behind
taking the medicines. Marcel must know about the side effects of the medicines that he is taking.
He must be given the advice to take oral medicines of hypoglycaemia. Hypoglycemic drugs are
used to treat the diabetes mellitus, the disorder which involves the decrease in the secretion of
insulin.
The registered nurse must analyse all his reports and make him understand the necessity
of management of self-medication. By doing proper diagnoses a person suffering from disease
will get cured. The patient should also know about the risk associate with the disease diabetes
A person suffering from a disease is cured by the combined efforts provide by the doctor
and the nurses, though the efforts of the nurses are much more in comparison to the efforts
provided by the doctors (Inzucchi et al., 2015).
The given case study is about Marcel, who is suffering from type II Diabetes mellitus.
The registered nurse of Marcel is going to help him by making him understand about the
management of medications. Marcel is a 70 years old man. He lives with his wife and used to do
sugarcane farming but has sold his farm recently. He has two children and three grandchildren.
He is obese and his present BMI is 35.6.
The medical history of Marcel’s family shows that his ancestors had suffered from both
type I and type II diabetes. He used to smoke a lot and was a chain smoker at the time of his
working days but now has left smoking and do it only occasional only when he meet with his
friends. The nurse must help him in explaining the priorities of self-managing the education
about diseases and medicines. He is an obese person, so it is necessary for him to manage his
health and the nurse must make him know the importance of adjusting his foods. His diet must
contain less amount of fats and carbohydrates and should contain more proteins (Pozzilli et al.,
2016). He must know about the medicines that he is taking and must analyse the reason behind
taking the medicines. Marcel must know about the side effects of the medicines that he is taking.
He must be given the advice to take oral medicines of hypoglycaemia. Hypoglycemic drugs are
used to treat the diabetes mellitus, the disorder which involves the decrease in the secretion of
insulin.
The registered nurse must analyse all his reports and make him understand the necessity
of management of self-medication. By doing proper diagnoses a person suffering from disease
will get cured. The patient should also know about the risk associate with the disease diabetes
2NURSING CARE OF A PERSON
(Lipsky et al., 2016). The goal is to make him understand about the priorities of the self-
medication management and to cure him within a framed period of time. The nurse must make
him understand that if he does not manage himself, this may even lead to shortening of his life.
Self-monitoring about the blood glucose level is essential and Marcel has to know how to
measure the BGL. Marcel can check his blood glucose level by using flash glucose monitoring.
This sensor measures the amount of glucose that surrounds the blood cells. Marcel must know
about the implications of the treatment, whether it is based in his outcomes or not (American
Diabetes Association, 2017). He should know about the ranges or limits of food that he need to
be taken for maintaining the BMI and also about the exercises that he has to do for reducing his
weight. The nurse should help him by assisting him with everything he needs for becoming a
healthy person (Young-Hyman, et al., 2016). Before starting the planning for him the nurse must
note down about all the possible outcomes of the care plan and must note down the changes that
marcel is undergoing daily. Marcel should know about the need to change in his own lifestyle
and must take care of him as far as possible for maintaining good hygiene. The nursing
interventions includes making the patient understand about the risks associated with the diseases.
The nurse must discuss about hypoglycaemia to Marcel so that he can become much more
conscious about diabetes and the risks associated with this. The chronic complications associated
with type II diabetes are alteration in the integrity of the skin, risks of different accident, burning,
falls and trauma. A patient face some hurdles in coping with the new life style, the changes in
the diet and in medicines. The nurse should acknowledge Marcel’s new diet plan, exercise
activities and help him achieving the outcomes and goals set by the nurse. The nurse must teach
the difference between hyperglycemia and hypoghycemia. Hyperglycemia happens when people
(Lipsky et al., 2016). The goal is to make him understand about the priorities of the self-
medication management and to cure him within a framed period of time. The nurse must make
him understand that if he does not manage himself, this may even lead to shortening of his life.
Self-monitoring about the blood glucose level is essential and Marcel has to know how to
measure the BGL. Marcel can check his blood glucose level by using flash glucose monitoring.
This sensor measures the amount of glucose that surrounds the blood cells. Marcel must know
about the implications of the treatment, whether it is based in his outcomes or not (American
Diabetes Association, 2017). He should know about the ranges or limits of food that he need to
be taken for maintaining the BMI and also about the exercises that he has to do for reducing his
weight. The nurse should help him by assisting him with everything he needs for becoming a
healthy person (Young-Hyman, et al., 2016). Before starting the planning for him the nurse must
note down about all the possible outcomes of the care plan and must note down the changes that
marcel is undergoing daily. Marcel should know about the need to change in his own lifestyle
and must take care of him as far as possible for maintaining good hygiene. The nursing
interventions includes making the patient understand about the risks associated with the diseases.
The nurse must discuss about hypoglycaemia to Marcel so that he can become much more
conscious about diabetes and the risks associated with this. The chronic complications associated
with type II diabetes are alteration in the integrity of the skin, risks of different accident, burning,
falls and trauma. A patient face some hurdles in coping with the new life style, the changes in
the diet and in medicines. The nurse should acknowledge Marcel’s new diet plan, exercise
activities and help him achieving the outcomes and goals set by the nurse. The nurse must teach
the difference between hyperglycemia and hypoghycemia. Hyperglycemia happens when people
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