Formulate a teaching plan for instructing parents of a child with diabetes mellitus. Make sure all the steps of the nursing process are included (Assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation)
Diabetes mellitus in children is one of the emerging diseases of recent times affecting children and it carries lot of life style modifications to be done to maintain blood sugars at a regulates levels.To teach a parent of diabetic child we have to formulate a teaching plan .A teaching plan can be formulated in the following steps.
ASSESSMENT:Before we teach the parents on diabetes care the nurse has to assess the parents present knowledge,their understanding level,language best comprehended.This assessment will help the nurse to teach them effectively in which ever level they want .she can avoid medical jagrans if the parents are not from medical field .
DIAGNOSIS:After her assessment the nurse will diagnose the understanding level of the parents will finalise the plan in which she has to start teaching them
PLANNING:The nurse has to plan the date time venue for the health teaching to be provided for the parents it should be in a corner room.she should keep her Audio visual aids ready for better understanding.she should tell the parents prior to the planned program how much time she will be taking for reaching so that they can do a prior preparation and be available for the class .in this phase she lays down the objective she is expecting the parents to learn after the class.eg to make the parents understand the dietary modifications for the child,to teach the parents on insulin Adminstration,to teach the patient on exercise modalities for the child .
IMPLEMENTATION:In this phase she executes her teaching plan by conducting the teaching program to the parents.
EVALUATION:At the end of the class she should take feedback from the parents on whole they felt the class helped them.Any topics they want the nurse to repeat.
Various topics for teaching parents for diabetic child are
1)Blood glucose monitoring:The parents should be explained to measure blood glucose levels of the child before meals .the nurse should demonstrate the use of HGT machines .they should be taught the time for monitoring the blood glucose levels .
2)Insulin Adminstration:If the child is on insulin the nurse should teach the parents on various sites of insulin adminstration.importance of site rotation every day ,timing for insulin ,insulin dosage as per the blood glucose levels
3) Vaccination:The parents should be instructed on regular vaccines to be taken by the child at different intervals to prevent infectious diseases
4) Dietary modalities:The parents should be instructed on daily meal plan the calories to be consumed.use of low glycemic. Index foods.small and frequent meals .
5) Exercise patterns:Parents should be taught on daily exercise pattern for the child .to average time to be spend on physical activity.calories to be burned .
6)Follow up :parents should be instructed on the interval of follow-up with appropriate lab investigations and reports .
So the nurse should follow the nursing process to formulate a teaching plan on these above mentioned topics for parents of diabetic child
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Formulate a teaching plan for instructing parents of a child with diabetes mellitus. Make sure all the steps of the nursing process are included (Assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation)
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