Teaching patients how to manage diabetes complications develop complications such as kidney problems or eye disease (Jolving, 2011). Through research, we now understand that poorly controlled patients can understand how to manage their disease through extensive training. Weinger and associates randomized 222 diabetic patients who had poor coping skills into two groups. One group underwent an extensive ten-hour educational program, while the other group received less instruction. After three months the HbA1C decreased by 0.8% (Jolving, 2011). So how do we teach patients to manage diabetes? Diabetes Education I would begin by telling the patient that diabetes is a serious chronic metabolic condition that must have metabolic pathways. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that destroys the beta cells of the pancreas. These cells are necessary to produce insulin and sustain life (Leak, Davis, Houchin, & Mabry (2009). In DM2, ...

Topic > Teaching patients how to manage diabetes complications develop complications such as kidney problems or eye disease (Jolving, 2011). Through research, we now understand that poorly controlled patients can understand how to manage their disease through extensive training. Weinger and associates randomized 222 diabetic patients who had poor coping skills into two groups. One group underwent an extensive ten-hour educational program, while the other group received less instruction. After three months the HbA1C decreased by 0.8% (Jolving, 2011). So how do we teach patients to manage diabetes? Diabetes Education I would begin by telling the patient that diabetes is a serious chronic metabolic condition that must have metabolic pathways. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that destroys the beta cells of the pancreas. These cells are necessary to produce insulin and sustain life (Leak, Davis, Houchin, & Mabry (2009). In DM2, ...