Roles and Responsibilities of Nurses in Diabetes Management (Victoria)

This report provides an overview of the roles and responsibilities of nurses in managing diabetes, particularly within indigenous communities in Victoria. It emphasizes the importance of a multidisciplinary approach involving nurses, doctors, and other healthcare professionals. The report highlights ...Read More

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Q5. Explanation of nurse’s roles and responsibilities in relation to address and improve the
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QUESTION
Q5. Explanation of nurse’s roles and responsibilities in relation to address and improve the issue
Diabetes is the major health problem in indigenous communities of Victoria. It can be
caused due to elements like obesity, over- weight or physical inactivity. Research shows that
most of the people in region follow unhealthy diet which can also be a major cause for disease.
Other factors due to whom this disorder can happen are weak immune system, genetic problem,
consumption of alcohol and drugs or environmental components like viruses in air which might
make the disease worse (Yazdanpanah, Nasiri and Adarvishi, 2015). Patients in Victoria
suffering from this may be seen with symptoms like fatigue, restlessness, exhausted, wounds that
can't heal, blurred vision, night blindness, etc.
Multidisciplinary team which includes nurses, carers, health-care professionals, doctors,
physicians, etc. have the most important role while treating service users. It has been noted that
most of the people in Victoria are suffering from both; type 1 and 2 form of diabetes. Care givers
have the responsibility to early analyse and prevent disease. For this, they need to make patient
understand about the risk factors related to diabetes, encouraging them to lose weight and
involving them in physical exercise like yoga, dance, aerobics, etc.
For improving health condition of people residing in Victoria, nurses can also play an
active role in promoting self-care. This can be done by imparting them knowledge and education
about that how anxiety or depression can severely affect patients suffering from diabetes. Carers
can also encourage them to have healthy diet and limit consumption of alcohol and drugs as this
can lay impact on their liver too (Munshi and et.al., 2016). Carers can support them emotionally
so that people can freely share their views and thoughts about the treatment or medications
provided to them. It can also help nurses in improving their quality of service.
Study has also shown that major cause for diabetes in people of Vietnam are emotional
stress, depression or pressure at the workplace. For improving health conditions of patients,
nurses can also encourage them to participate in activities which can make them happy and
healthy (Roles and responsibilities of nurses, 2017). They can also motivate users to use
personalised care plans. Keen analysis and monitoring should be done by health-care
professionals regarding the urine flow of patients. If any deficiency is been seen, nurses are
responsible to perform the test supervised. Medicines should be provided to them according to
the result of urinary test (Sherwood and Zomorodi, 2014).
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Health-care professionals should also plan a nutritional diet for service users in order to
improve their conditions. Many therapies like oral and injectable can also be provided to patients
in indigenous community. They should also make them understand the benefits and advantages
of these medical care (Smolowitz and et.al., 2015). Nurses should allow patient to make their
own decision and provide fair treatment to them. Also, they can make use of evidence based
practice to improve service user's outcomes. Health-care professionals should provide them
support in judgement which will improve the relationship in between them and also positively
impact their physical-mental conditions.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Munshi, M. N. and et.al., 2016. Management of diabetes in long-term care and skilled nursing
facilities: a position statement of the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes
care. 39(2). 308-318.
Sherwood, G. and Zomorodi, M. 2014. A new mindset for quality and safety: the QSEN
competencies redefine nurses’ roles in practice. Nephrology Nursing Journal. 41(1). 15-
22.
Smolowitz, J. and et.al., 2015. Role of the registered nurse in primary health care: meeting health
care needs in the 21st century. Nursing Outlook. 63(2).130-136.
Yazdanpanah, L., Nasiri, M. and Adarvishi, S. 2015. Literature review on the management of
diabetic foot ulcer. World journal of diabetes. 6(1). 37.
Online
Roles and responsibilities of nurses. (2017). [ONLINE] Available through:
<https://rcni.com/hosted-content/rcn/diabetes/roles-and-responsibilities>
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