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"The body of knowledge that serves as the rationale for nursing practice determines the areas of specialty to develop as well as the manner in which that knowledge is organized, tested and applied." -Carper, 1978

Diabetes > Coping > Assess

Assess

Question patient's and/or caregivers’ attitudes, expectations, adherence to medical regime and what resources they might have available to them to assist in coping with diabetes.
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National Diabetes Fact Sheet, 2011 (pdf) - Feb 2nd, 2011
CDC's fact sheet on diabetes. Great patient resources and easy to print and distribute.

Adult Diabetes Needs Assessment (pdf) - Feb 1st, 2011
Form to sssist with assessing patient's medications, diet, activity, foot care, support network, etc.

Telephonic Monitoring for Patients with Diabetes (pdf) - Feb 1st, 2011
Questions to ask patient during telephonic monitoring

Best Practice Recommended Questions to Assess Patient's Current Coping Abilities- Level 2 (News Article) - Jul 20th, 2006
Assessing Current Practices: Over the past two weeks have you felt down, depressed or hopeless? Over the past two weeks have you had little interest or pleasure in doing things? Assessing Physical Status: What is your usual pattern for sleeping? Are there things that have caused an increase...

 


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