Purpose And Implementation Of Health Assessment Teaching Resources For Diabetes Management In Canada

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The health assessment teaching resource is one of the inevitable components required for effective learning for the medical professionals. This resource acts as a guidelineto increase the competency level of nurses in managing the complex and dynamic work in hospital settings. This study will analyse the purpose and implementation of the health assessment teaching resources to describe the body functional system. Subsequently, the health assessment skills required by the medical professionals will be discussed focusing on the target audience. Additionally, the process of addressing teaching resources health promotion and disease prevention will be discussed. The conclusion will summarise the whole study..

• To provide perfect guideline for the nutrient uptake of the diabetic patient.
• To provide guideline for the holistic assessment of the physiological parameters of diabetic patient.
• To discuss and enhance the skills required for the medical professional to perform the health assessment in an appropriate manner.

The purpose to develop the teaching resources is to provide nursing care professionals with a guideline to enhance their qualities and competencies of the patients suffering from diabetes.Around 13.2 % of the total population of Canada suffers from diabetes. It is more prevalent in the older population compared to the younger population. Additionally, the teaching resources comprise of the different health assessment techniques, charts of the nutritional requirement and medicines used to assess and diagnose diabetic patients.  Another important purpose for developing the teaching resource is to provide guidelines for balanced nutrient intake of the diabetic patient. Presently, the mortality rate of diabetes in Canada is 19 per 100,000 individuals. Effective reduction of this mortality rate is possible through health assessment and diagnosis of the patient.

The teaching resourcesinclude specific guideline to the medical professionals about the priorities of nutrients, list of medicines required and knowledge about different assessment test like fasting blood sugar test HBA1C test those should be conducted in a proper manner. Moreover; it provides a guideline of specific medicines like insulinthat should be used to mitigate diabetes (Kelleni, 2017). The nutritional requirement charts should be used for capacity building. Besides that, guidelinesfor Blood glucose level HBA1C,urea,criatenine must be provided in the teaching resources.

Carbohydrate, protein and fat are to be provided in a balanced amount to the diabetic patients. The teaching resources comprise of guidelines that provide a clear view of nutritional uptakes for diabetic patients (Koor, Nakhaie, Babaie&Ranjbaran, 2016). Priority should be given to leafy vegetables and low glucose containing fruits that may provide the essential vitamin and minerals to the bodies of the diabetic patients. On the other hand foods like meat, sweets containing a high amount of calorie should be avoided. Eggs and legumes like pea should be consumed for essential protein.

 Fig: Balanced nutrient pyramid for Diabetic patient

Source:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279012/

It is notable that diabetes is affecting the morbidity and mortality rate of the Canadians as per the data gathered from 2015 to 2018 (Khan et al., 2016). It should be rational to perform health assessment and prepare the teaching resource so that diabetes may be treated in an effective manner.  The health assessment must help to enhance the skills of the medical professionals in a prominent manner.

 Fig: Mortality rate due to diabetes in Canada

Source:www.statista.com

Diabetes has adverse effects on the different systems that include the cardiovascular system, nervous system and the Urinary system of the human body (Hultquist, 2016). Massive blood sugar reduces the elasticity of blood vessels thus reducing the blood flowing causing heart attacks(Yanagawa, 2017).  Diabetic patients may undergo nerve damage because of an insufficient amount of the oxygen supply by the blood vessels to the nerve cells. High blood glucose level affects the blood vessels of the kidney thus reducing the filtration capacity(Yanagawa, 2017).

Learning objective of the teaching resource

The rationality of the teaching resources is essential to strengthen the health assessment and enhance the service quality. Moreover, diabetes is mainly treated and assessed in the primary care setting in Canada(Hasan Khan, Ullah, Khan, Shakeel&Qaiser, 2016).  In the nursing care settings, there are several programmes like diabetes management (McCardle, 2015), education program and coordinated assessment care that help in delivering efficient care to the patient. The health assessment skills required for the implementation of the teaching resources for the health assessment of diabetes patients are as below:

 Situational Analysis- Situational analysis is one of the essential skills needed by the nursing care professionals to assess the condition of the patient in an appropriate manner. The situational analysis is essential for the diabetes care professionals for the betterment of the analytical and communication skill.

 Technical Knowledge and capacity- Technical Knowledge and capacity is one of essential skill needed for the implementation of efficient assessment and capacity building in the diabetic patient. Besides that, the nursing care professional should have the basic knowledge, skills to perform a blood test like fasting, post lunch, and HbA1c tests to assess the blood sugar level in diabetic patients (Dassow & Zylstra, 2017). The HBA1C test(Hasan Khan, Ullah, Khan, Shakeel&Qaiser, 2016) is one of the essential tests that determine the average blood sugar level of six months in the diabetic patient.

Additionally, insulin intake can also be prescribed for type1 and type2 diabetes. This is helpful to control the blood sugar level (Backman, Vanderloo& Forster, 2016). Insulin is a sophisticate medication for diabetes that can be prescribed to the patients after a holistic assessment.

Communication and coordinated care-.Diabetic patient requires a multidisciplinary approach for effective assessment and diagnosis. It involves a multidisciplinary team consisting of a diabetologist, dietician, nephrologists(Nissenson& Maddux, 2017) and a nurse who makes the primary tests and assessments. Coordination and communication among the teams are the essential assessment skills(Nissenson& Maddux, 2017). Communication and coordination among the multidisciplinary departments are significant skills to assess the patient.  

Critical thinking abilities-Critical thinking abilities is another important skill that is required to implement the teaching resources in an appropriate manner is the.  A diabetic patient may have multidisciplinary(Denton & Conron, 2016) problems. Effective diet has to be planned by the dietician keeping in mind about. Attention should be given to details of the physiological(Wray, 2013) parameters of the patient to reach an effective decision for the holistic development of the patient.

It is essential to prepare the resources according to comprehensive levels of the target audience. The main target audience for the health assessment(Elston, 2015) teaching resource is the medical professionals in the community care and the health care services, the patient’s family and the patients suffering from diabetes.It is essential to aware the patients with health promotional strategies as the morbidity rate in Canada for diabetes is 13.2% (Nilson, 2016) .

 The teaching resources help in the effective development of health promotion and disease prevention. Health promotional activities may be strengthened by implementing the guidelines provided in the teaching resources(Cowling, 2015). The knowledge of health should be used in an effective manner to achieve diabetes treatment target. The disease prevention(Tu et al., 2014) may be done by proper diet control that includes a high amount of intake of dietary fibres. Regular exercise and self management is another important component present as guideline in the teaching resource (Tu et al., 2014).

Conclusion

To conclude it may be stated that the above study analyzed the purpose of the development of teaching resources. Moreover, the different skills required to implement health assessment of the diabetic patient are analyzed prominently in the study.  Moreover, Implementation of the teaching and body systems involved are analysed in a prominent manner. The target audience is identified in the study in an effective manner. The relation between effective teaching resources with health promotion and disease prevention is performed. The study implies that the morbidity and mortality rate due to diabetes may be reduced in the country if proper incorporation of the teaching resources is done in health assessment.

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