DIABETES NURSING

RACHELLE ANN ACHANZAR

EILEEN JOY AUSTRIA
ANA MARIE BATTUNG
KINMER CAPIRAL

Diabetes Nursing
A branch of
nursing that
focuses on caring
for diabetic
patients.

Diabetic Nurse

are registered nurses who

assist
patients to manage
diabetes.
main duty is to educate
patients
and their families
about diabetes and the selfmanagement skills required.
They provide advice on
exercise, diet and medication
and monitoring insulin levels.

Roles/duties:

Dealing with complications of

patients diagnosed with
diabetes mellitus.
Working closely with
physicians, pharmacists and
other healthcare
professionals.
Educating patients of the best
practices in improving their
health.
Informing patients families
on living with diabetes.

Role/Duties
advice on diet
Providing
and exercise.
on injecting
Advising
medications.
tablets or
Administering
insulin if the patient is

unable.
Monitoring blood glucose
levels

Where they work?

Diabetes Nursing
Educator
provides information to
patients with prediabetes and diabetes in
an effort to help patients
make informed decisions
about prevention and
managing their
conditions

Duties:
with patients to
Working
assess their needs and to

develop a plan that

includes educational
interventions and selfmanagement support
strategies appropriate
for the patient
Providing education that
helps the patient
accomplish selfmanagement goals

patients
Evaluating
periodically to determine

if they are meeting their

goals or if they need
other interventions and
future reassessments
Developing, with the
cooperation of the
patient, a personalized
follow-up plan for
ongoing selfmanagement support

the
Documenting
assessment and
education plan, as well
as interventions and
outcomes

Emerging Trends:

Nurse Clinical Specialists

-advances in medical
science and nursing,
specialization is an
emerging trend in the
healthcare industry

Emerging Trends:
heath
Holistic
practitioners
- provide comprehensive
health and wellness
healing which included
nutrition, exercise and
even the use of
alternative medicine.

Emerging Trends
informatics
Health
specialists included
jobs that combine
healthcare knowledge
with computer and
information systems.

Sources:

http://
www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-prac
tice/clinical-zones/diabetes/diab
etes-treatment-and-complicationsthe-nurses-role/205780.article
http://
www0.health.nsw.gov.au/resources/
nursing/practitioner/pdf/bb_jo_di
abetes_guidelinesfinal_april2005.
pdf
http://
www.nurses.info/specialty_diabet
es.htm
http://www.diabetescenter.org.ph/i
ndex.php?fid=about

Thank You!!!!