Question

Expert Q&A Done How does Artificial Pancreas affect Nursing?

Answer 1

ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS IS A MAN MADE DEVICE THAT CONTROLS THE GLUCOSE LEVEL AUTOMATICALLY THROUGH INFORMATION ABOUT GLUCOSE CONCENTRATIONS, INSULIN DELIVERY AND POTENTIALLY OTHER SIGNALS TO CONTROL THE RATE OF INSULIN DELIVERY.

THE ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS HAS PUT A GREAT IMPACT ON THE NURSING CARE AS FOLLOWS:-

• THE ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS REDUCES THE WORKLOAD OF THE NURSES IN THE CRITICAL AREAS. PREVIOUSLY, NURSES HAS TO CHECK THE BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL OF THE PATIENT AND HAS TO INJECT INSULIN AS PER DOSE NEEDED. THIS PROCEDURE TAKES TIME AND SOMETIMES DURING LATE NIGHT HOURS PATIENT DIED DUE TO HYPOGLYCEMIA. BUT, NOW THE DEVICE MONITOR IS ATTACHED TO SKIN AND IT's INSULIN PUMP IS INSERTED BENEATH SKIN TO DELIVER THE INSULIN AS PER BODY REQUIREMENT, SO IN CASE PATIENT SUFFERS HYPOGLYCEMIA ANYTIME DURING THE DAY OR NIGHT, THE DEVICE WILL AUTOMATICALLY DELIVER THE INSULIN AND MANITAIN IT's LEVEL WITHIN THE BODY. IT DOESN'T TAKE ANY EXTRA TIME THUS PREVENT PATIENT LIFE.
• ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS IS HELPFUL TO PREVENT DIABETIC RETINOPATHY IN THE DIABETIC PATIENT. AS THE PATIENT GETS SUFFICIENT AMONUT OF INSULIN REQUIRED BY THE BODY AT REGULAR TIME WHEN IT DECREASE OR INCREASE, THUS PREVENT THE PERSON FROM MAJOR SIDE EFFECTS SUCH AS DIABETIC RETINOPATHY WHICH CAN CAUSE PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY VISION LOSS IN PATIENTS.
• ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS ALSO PREVENT DIABETIC PERSON FROM OTHER COMPLICATIONS OF THE DIABETES SUCH AS DIABETIC FOOT, DIABETIC NEUROPATHY AND NEPHROPATHY BY AUTOMATICALLY ADMINISTER THE ACCURATE DOSE OF THE INSULIN AT ACCURATE TIME.
• THUS IN NURSING IT HAS VAST SCOPE TO TREAT PETIENTS WITH DIABETES WITHOUT ANY COMPLICATION AND ALSO WITH THE INVENTION OF THE ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS THE RATE OF MORTALITY DUE TO DIABETES ALSO DECREASED AND THE PERSON WITH DIABETES ALSO LIVE NORMAL HEALTHY LIFE.