Medication Management for Patients: A Case Study on Marcel's Care

This report focuses on Marcel's medication management, a 70-year-old patient with diabetes, obesity, and hypertension. It details the priorities of Marcel's medication management, including weight reduction, proper diabetes medication, lifestyle adjustments, and smoking cessation. The report outlines nursing interventions such as dietary modifications, BMI therapy, increased physical activity, and self-monitoring of glucose levels. It also discusses strategies for evaluating outcomes, such as goal setting and patient education on healthy lifestyle choices, along with the application of the clinical reasoning cycle to assess and manage Marcel's condition. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of medication management in preventing and controlling health conditions, especially in cases with diabetes and related complications.

Nursing: Medication
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
1. Priorities of Marcel's medication management ......................................................................1
2. Nursing interventions and rationales used to support Marcel's medication self management1
3. Strategies used to evaluate outcomes of nursing interventions ..............................................2
4. Application of clinical reasoning cycle...................................................................................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................3

INTRODUCTION
Medication management is referred to interdisciplinary research teams which examined
role of nursing and contribution to prevention and management of medication errors in
transitional care settings and hospital (Dougherty & Lister, 2015). This report will include
Marcel's medication management, nursing interventions and rationales. And also the strategies
used for the nursing interventions.
MAIN BODY
1. Priorities of Marcel's medication management
Marcel is 70 years old who is suffering with diabetes, obesity and also medical history
with hypertension. As Marcel reduced the physical activity and earlier Marcel was heavy smoker
which affected the Marcel's body. There are some priorities of Marcel such has reducing weight
which will help Marcel to lead a healthy life. Proper medication for the diabetes has to given
which will decrease the severity of diabetes. Well managed life style like sugar, junk food and
other unhealthy food has to be avoided. Hyperglycaemia arises from illness with the
haemoglobinopathies. Maintaining blood glucose level lower the risk in patients who are using
oral drugs which lower glucose (Xu & et. al., 2014). Marcel has to quit smoking which will help
to reduce the higher risk of other diseases which are associated with it. Medication has to given
to manage the weight and some self monitoring care plans which will help to lead a good
lifestyle.
2. Nursing interventions and rationales used to support Marcel's medication self management
Diet has to be maintained according to the nurse suggested and quantity and type of food
also has to managed. For BMI therapy can be given which will help to reduce the weigh. Marcel
has to involve in physical activity at least for 30 minutes per day. Smoking and alcohol
consumption has to be decreased. Self monitoring like glucose is suggested for those who are
with diabetes using insulin which can cause hypoglycaemia. Nursing interventions are very
important for the diabetic patients it helps them to control the severity of disease (Tabloski,
2014). Marcel is provided with the proper care plan which help Marcel to control the diabetes
and reduce the risk of hypertension which can increase with the diabetes. Diagnosis for the
diabetes which will help to give treatment for diabetes. Type 2 diabetes cause overweight in
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individuals and make them obsessed. It is also because there will be insufficient insulin in
produced in body and underutilized insulin by the individual's body.
3. Strategies used to evaluate outcomes of nursing interventions
Strategies like explicit goals setting with the patients and also supporting patients to
manage the healthy lifestyle choices such as healthy eating, weight management, tobacco
cessation, effective coping and physical activities. Preventions of diabetes complications and
disease self management. These strategies will give good results in case of Marcel. Helping with
the proper diet management is required for the nursing interventions. There are some
programmes which are make to aware people for the intake of tobacco and alcohol consumption.
Behavioural strategies which include problem solving and goals setting which help the diabetic
patients to control the condition (Vaismoradi & et. al., 2014). High quality of care should be
given to diabetic patients and in case of Marcel required more care as being with obesity,
diabetes and also with the hypertension health history. Good quality of diabetes care involve
basing care on the evidence- based guidelines, educating and activating patients and
implementing the care.
These strategies will help to give proper medication to the Marcel and it will control
diabetes condition as well as overweight.
4. Application of clinical reasoning cycle
Clinical reasoning cycle is a process of the critical thinking as well as responses is not
linear process. It include patient's situation then collecting information about the particular
situation, issues or problems and actions has to be taken. Clinical reasoning cycle helps to
patients as well as nurses to estimate the problems are care setting which can provide good
outcomes (Adhikari & et. al., 2014). The nurses are trained to provide proper care and treatment
to patients which help them to get a better care and control the disease.
With the help of this cycle nurses and professionals were able to provide diagnosis and
management of the diabetes. It helped professional to set some goals according to the health
condition and give treatment considering all the heath condition. As clinical cycle include every
type of stages related to the treatment or before that which gives an overview on the particular
condition. Marcel's diabetes and obesity was able to control with the help of this cycle.
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CONCLUSION
Above report is concluded as medication management is very important and it can
prevent and control the any health condition. As diabetes have complications and it can be
treated with the medication management by using clinical reasoning cycle.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Dougherty, L., & Lister, S. (Eds.). (2015). The Royal Marsden manual of clinical nursing
procedures. John Wiley & Sons.
Tabloski, P. A. (2014). Gerontological nursing. New York, NY, USA: Pearson.
Vaismoradi, M. & et. al., (2014). Nursing students' perspectives of the cause of medication
errors. Nurse education today. 34(3). 434-440.
Adhikari, R. & et. al., (2014). A multi-disciplinary approach to medication safety and the
implication for nursing education and practice. Nurse education today. 34(2). 185-190.
Xu, C. & et. al., (2014). An intervention to improve inpatient medication management: a before
and after study. Journal of nursing management. 22(3). 286-294.
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