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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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Progress towards goals must be assessed every visit and intervention and goals should be revised accordingly.

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It is especially important to evaluate are a patient's verbalized and demonstrated knowledge, behavior and status.
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

Diabetes Empowerment Scale-Short Form (pdf) - Feb 1st, 2011
Form from the University of Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center

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

NVS nutrition label - English (pdf) - Feb 1st, 2011
Screening tool that identifies patients at risk for low health literacy. The tool can be administered in a clinical setting in just three minutes.

NVS Nutrition Label - Spanish (pdf) - Feb 1st, 2011
Screening tool that identifies patients at risk for low health literacy. The tool can be administered in a clinical setting in just three minutes.

 


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