"Diabetes Self-Management Education for Nurses in the Primary Care Sett" by Emilea Emade Mfortow

Date of Conferral

2022

Degree

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

School

Nursing

Advisor

Melissa Rouse

Abstract

AbstractDiabetes is a chronic disease that can be controlled by self-management to reduce the risk of acute or long-term complications. Healthcare might encounter many challenges for patients’ lack of adherence to diabetes self-management education. For this reason, lifestyle modification can be applied as a tool in the nursing field to manage adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. This doctoral project addressed the gap in nursing practice for adult patients with type 2 diabetes regarding diabetes self-management education. This project focused on improving the nursing staff’s knowledge to promote evidence-based diabetes self-management education with their patients. The goal was to educate the nurses so they are prepared to teach type 2 diabetes patients about self-management to their patients by using the current guidelines. The module was built on the self-management and health promotion models as a framework for health promotion behaviors and effective interventions using the ADA guidelines for patients to engage in self-care. The nursing staff education program involved an educational module, resources, and a pre and post-knowledge survey. The findings revealed a gap in knowledge on diabetes self-management education for the nursing staff in primary care prior to the education. The overall scores for the pretest questionnaire with all seven participants were 84.3% and post-test 100%. This will better equip the staff to educate their patients leading to improved self-management of diabetes. This doctoral project has the potential for positive social change by improving staff knowledge, empowering patients with the knowledge to provide better self-care, and reducing the complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus.

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