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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 > Monitoring > Evaluate

Evaluate

Progress needs to be continually updated by assessing measurable outcomes.
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The goals and intervention for diabetes patients need to be evaluated regularly and revised to achieve desired health outcomes.

 Questions To Be Considered:
  • Does the patient demonstrate increased knowledge of monitoring and use of information obtained?

  • Is the patient maintaining or improving diabetes control?

  • Has the patient been able to minimize risk factors affecting diabetes control?

What Does "Medically Necessary" Mean to my Medicare Coverage? (Web Page) - Feb 8th, 2011
A great breakdown of what the term “Medically Necessary" means, a great resource from The Medicare and Medicaid Center.

Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Type 1 Diabetes (Web Page) - Feb 8th, 2011
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Continuous Glucose Monitoring Study Group (Oct. 2 issue) concluded that “continuous glucose monitoring can be associated with improved glycemic control in adults with type 1 diabetes.”

Evaluating the Accuracy of Continuous Glucose-Monitoring Sensors (Web Page) - Feb 8th, 2011
A study published in Diabetes Care, ADA, the objective was to introduce continuous glucose–error grid analysis (CG-EGA) as a method of evaluating the accuracy of continuous glucose-monitoring sensors in terms of both accurate blood glucose (BG) values and accurate direction and rate of BG...

Assessment of Diabetes Care, 2009 (Web Page) - Feb 3rd, 2011
A one page form in Word for individual chart audits, from Indian Health Service (IHS).

Diabetes Flow Sheet and Chart Audit Tool (pdf) - Dec 31st, 2010
Diabetes Patient Flow Sheet and Chart Audit Tool

Heart Failure Flow Sheet and Audit Tool - Level 3 (doc) - Aug 1st, 2010
Flow sheet and audit tool for heart failure patient charts

 


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