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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

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It is important to evaluate the patient's and/or caregiver's level of diabetes knowledge, how they see it relating to themselves, and the resources they have available when they have questions regarding their diabetes.
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Cholesterol Quiz (Web Page) - Feb 3rd, 2011
Quiz on the steps you can take to reduce your high blood cholesterol

Medication Management Downloadable Info Sheet (doc) - Feb 2nd, 2011
Download and print this easy to use medication management overview sheet.

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

Why Does an Ice Cream Label Work As A Predictor of the Ability to Understand Instructions? (pdf) - Feb 1st, 2011
Use this scoring sheet to teach patients to read nutrition labels and assess reading and mathematical literacy.

Score Sheet for the Newest Vital Sign - English (pdf) - Feb 1st, 2011
Newest Vital Sign score sheet to use on patients

Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (pdf) - Sep 27th, 2007
Tool to Assist in Assessing a Patient's Literacy Level in Medical Terminology. It is Important to Give Patient Appropriate Level Reading Materials on Diabetes

Best Practice Recommended Questions to Assess a Patient's Current Problem Solving Needs and Skills-... (News Article) - Jul 20th, 2006
Assessing Current Practices: How have you been learning about diabetes and how to care for your diabetes? Is there a person ask or place you go when you have a question about your diabetes? Do you receive any magazines or journals about diabetes? Do you have any books about diabetes that you...

 


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