University Nursing Student's Responses to Healthcare Discussion Posts

This assignment presents a nursing student's responses to three different discussion posts, focusing on prevalent healthcare issues. The first response addresses a post on the prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus in the US, highlighting its impact on healthcare practice and the importance of interventions like healthy eating and physical exercise. The second response discusses a post about the global concern of obesity, emphasizing the role of nurses in providing counsel on nutrition and wellbeing, and the need for collaborative approaches at the population level. The third response engages with a post on the connection between diabetes and chronic kidney disease, underscoring the need for improved patient-provider communication and public education on risk factors and screening methods. The student supports their responses with references to relevant research and literature on these topics.

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Name of student:
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Response to student post 1
My friend has written a very informative post regarding the prevalence of Diabetes
Mellitus in the US. The opening sentence of the post, stating that diabetes is a major reason
for early death and illness, is sufficient to inform the readers why the disease is noteworthy
for healthcare professionals’ practice. I agree to the fact that healthcare professionals
throughout their course of practice are to address diverse health needs of diabetic patients
who present different complications. According to Powers et al., (2017) healthcare
professionals across the globe experience challenges in delivering adequate healthcare
services to patients suffering from diabetes and seeking primary and secondary care
throughout their life span. The post has drawn credential for pointing out the different micro
and macrovascular disease complications for diabetes. However, the most remarkable aspect
of the post is the section on the interventions that can be provided to a patient suffering from
this disease. A comprehensive overview has been presented on the different interventions
such as healthy eating and physical exercise. As highlighted by Inzucchi et al., (2015) a
suitable combination of nutritional intake and adequate physical activity can ensure that
diabetes in under control.
Response to student post 2
The post under discussion has given me valuable insights into the global concern of
obesity in the contemporary era. The increased rate of obesity among different populations
has drawn the attention of public health organisations that are striving the implement novice
strategies to combat the issue (Kuwabara et al., 2017). As pointed out by the author of the
post, 36.5% of U.S. adults are obese as per the recent reports, and monitoring of the growth
of the incident rate is crucial for implementing suitable measures. As a nurse, it is our
responsibility to offer to counsel to those who are in the urgent need of receiving information

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on nutrition and physical wellbeing. Recognising that obesity management is a complex and
multidimensional approach, I ensure to extend my best efforts to those who are struggling to
lead a healthy life. At the population level, the government has been implementing strategies
in different domains such as technical assistance, breastfeeding, and nutritional support. In
my viewpoint, a collaborative approach between all levels of the healthcare organisations is
essential if success is to be achieved.
Response to student post 3
The connection between diabetes and chronic kidney disease has been mentioned in
this well-written post. Chronic kidney disease is the ninth leading cause of death in the
country. The post suggests that screening for patients at risk of this disease is not adequate
and that population-based interventions are still lacking focus. Public education is required
immediately on the risk factors for chronic kidney disease and the advantages of preventive
screening. Agreeing to this point, I would like to highlight that communication between
healthcare providers and patients is not up-to-the-mark that can foster the proper flow of
information from the former to the latter. Regular sessions are to be held, funded by
concerned healthcare organisations, that would foster public education at the optimal level.
Such sessions are to be focused more on risk factors and screening methods rather than
preventive strategies (Webster et al., 2017). In this way, the quality of life for the patients
can be improved significantly.

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References
Inzucchi, S. E., Bergenstal, R. M., Buse, J. B., Diamant, M., Ferrannini, E., Nauck, M., ... &
Matthews, D. R. (2015). Management of hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes, 2015: a
patient-centered approach: update to a position statement of the American Diabetes
Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. Diabetes
care, 38(1), 140-149.
Kuwabara, M., Kuwabara, R., Hisatome, I., Niwa, K., Roncal‐Jimenez, C. A., Bjornstad,
P., ... & Ohno, M. (2017). “Metabolically Healthy” Obesity and Hyperuricemia
Increase Risk for Hypertension and Diabetes: 5‐year Japanese Cohort Study. Obesity.
Powers, M. A., Bardsley, J., Cypress, M., Duker, P., Funnell, M. M., Fischl, A. H., ... &
Vivian, E. (2017). Diabetes self-management education and support in type 2
diabetes: a joint position statement of the American Diabetes Association, the
American Association of Diabetes Educators, and the Academy of Nutrition and
Dietetics. The Diabetes Educator, 43(1), 40-53.
Webster, A. C., Nagler, E. V., Morton, R. L., & Masson, P. (2017). Chronic kidney
disease. The Lancet, 389(10075), 1238-1252.