Family Diabetic Teaching Plan: Education, Goals & Implementation

This report presents a diabetic teaching plan for an 8-year-old girl with type 1 diabetes, focusing on self-management skills. The plan includes objectives such as self-monitoring blood sugar levels, identifying symptoms of hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia, understanding a healthy diet, and administering self-injections of insulin. The teaching methods involve demonstration, verbalization, and the use of flyers to educate the patient and their family. The expected outcomes include the patient's ability to monitor blood glucose, administer insulin correctly, and understand dietary and exercise needs. The report concludes that early education on self-management can significantly improve the quality of life for children with diabetes, emphasizing the importance of adherence to medication and lifestyle choices.

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FAMILY DIABETIC TEACHING PLAN
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Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease where the beta cells of the pancreas that is responsible
for producing insulin are targeted wrongfully and are killed by some antibodies generated by the
immune system of the body (Mayo Clinic, 2017). Hence the pancreas cannot produce any
insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is required to permit the glucose to enter the cells for the
production of energy. The symptoms of this clinical condition can be perceived from the child
hood or teenage and is noticeable in the adulthood as well. Diabetes is mainly a life style disease
but in times can also have a genetic basis. Although there is no cure for diabetes yet it can be
managed by changing the quality of life such as intake of proper diets, daily physical activities,
cessation of smoking and alcohol and adherence to the medications.
Teaching: Self-management of diabetes
Patient: A 8 years old girl
Presenter:
Setting: Patient hospital room
Summary: The patient is a 7 year’s old little boy of 2nd standard, who is very fond of playing
flag football and run. The boy resides with his parents and often visits his grandparents in the
weekends, who lives nearby. Although he can manage on her own but sometimes needs a baby
sitter. Since the child is approaching the growing period and is having Type 1 diabetes, they are
really worried about the nutritional requirement of the child.

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Overall Goal: The patient himself will be able to understand the pros and cons of the diabetes
and will give a demonstration of the self care management of diabetes.
Objectives: The patient will be able to self monitor his blood sugar levels.
 The patient will be able to identify the glucose monitoring equipments.
 The patient will be able to take up the correct procedure for measuring the blood
sugar level.
 The patent will be able to verbalize and interpret the blood sugar level.
Diabetes Teaching:
 The presenter will demonstrate the use of the blood sugar monitoring device and
other procedures and the patient will memorize and then re-demonstrate for
ensuring a better understanding. The patient and the family will be provided a
pamphlet for the better understanding of diabetes and self monitoring of the blood
sugar levels.
Outcome: Patient was successful in performing an acceptable monitoring of the blood sugar .
Patient’s family will be able to articulate the monitoring process, identify the required
equipments and will be able to interpret the results and preserve the records.
Development of a diabetic management plan
 The patient will be able to distinguish the symptoms of hyperglycemia and
hypoglycemia.
 The patient will be able to recognize the glycemic food.
 The patient will be able to comprehend a diet plan having healthy food choices.

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 Patient will follow a regular plan for physical activities.
Diabetes Teaching
 The patient is educated by the educator followed by the verbalization of the same things
and chalking out of a self care plan. The patient will be provided with a flyer ““How to
make out Signs and Symptoms of Diabetes Type 1 and how to manage them”.
Outcome: The patient and the family will be able to reciprocate on being asked about
hyperglycemia or hypoglycemia, recognize the foods that have to be avoided and the diet that
has to be maintained. They will also be able to understand the need of a regular physical activity
plan.
Administration of self-injection
 The required instruments for the insulin self injection will be identified.
 The methods of self injection will be well discussed.
 The patient will be able to follow the correct protocols for the application insulin.
Diabetes Teaching:
 The procedures for self injection can be demonstrated by audio-visual aids. The educator
will then recapitulate the procedures in a correct way for a better understanding. A flyer
“diabetic self care” should be provided to the patient containing the standard protocol for
applying insulin.
Outcome: the patient will be able to verify the necessary instruments with the ones shown in the
audio-visual aid. Patient will be able to give a successful demonstration of how to apply insulin.
The patient will be clear about the site of injection and would have knowledge of site rotation.

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Parents/ grandparents of the patient will develop a clear understanding regarding the insulin
application protocol.
The patient had been a good listener and a good learner as he was able to demonstrate all the
procedures to near perfect. It can be said that this patient will be able to perform the blood
glucose monitoring and insulin application on his own and will continue to do this comfortably
even after the discharge. The family is also confident enough that they will be able to take care
of their child on their own without even calling a specialist to administer insulin. They are also
acquainted with the correct choice of diet for their kid and a regular exercise plan.
In conclusion it can be said that although there is no cure for this clinical condition, yet it
can be managed by adherence to the medications and lifestyle choices such as uptake of healthy
food and routine exercises. A child can be taught about self management even at an early age in
order to improve his living in the near future. By proper management a person can enjoy having
fast foods as long as it does not become a consistent habit.

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