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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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Assess

Suggested questions to help assess a patient's current Risk Reduction for acute and chronic diabetes complications.
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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

Newest Vital Sign Score Sheet - Spanish (pdf) - Feb 1st, 2011
Newest Vital Sign score sheet to use with patients - spanish

Best Practice Recommended Questions to Assess Patient’s Current Risk Reduction for Acute and... (News Article) - Jul 20th, 2006
Assessing Current Practices: Do you wear identification that states you have diabetes? What do you do when your blood sugar is low? For you what would be a low blood sugar? How often do you experience low blood sugars? When did you last experience a low blood sugar? What do you do when...

 


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