Type 2 diabetes in Hispanic adults Gerald Jean University of phoenix NUR/427 July1, 2014 Week 1 Type 2 diabetes in Hispanic adults Chronic disease is very significant in the health care professions. When considering the model it gives us the ability to assess, implement, and evaluates the effectiveness of the care we delivered to our patients in the daily basis. Type 2 diabetes is a
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lessons in schools, for example, that teach students of any age the importance of measuring and eating proper nutritious foods, and increasing their activity levels every day. Different institutions also take the initiative and provide physical education and after school programs to students, where students are able learn and participate in different sports; such as: football, baseball, basketball, cheerleading and dance just to name a few (choosemyplate.gov, 2015). If children and adolescents do
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are diagnosed with gestational diabetes (Pepe, 2004). It is a serious condition with health implications for mother and baby. Gestational diabetes (or gestational diabetes mellitus, GDM) is a condition in which women without previously diagnosed diabetes exhibit high blood glucose levels during pregnancy (Sugaya, 2005). Pregnant women who have never had diabetes before but who have high blood glucose (sugar) levels during pregnancy are said to have gestational diabetes. Based on recently announced
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Americans are on the fast track of life with the “go, go, go” mentality. Thus, allowing their children to consume sugary beverages and high caloric foods such as fast food can lead to stroke, diabetes, high blood sugar, and hypertension. Parents need to teach their children how to choose healthy meal and snack options such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and proteins. For instance, when a child gets home from school and the parent has worked
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Healthy People 2010 focus on various illnesses such as: obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. The goal of Healthy People 2010 is to increase the quality of life, the years of a healthy life, and to eliminate health disparities amongst different groups in the population. Diabetes is a specific issue that is affecting 23.6 million children and adults or 7.8% of the population. Description of the target population Diabetes is a disorder where a person’s body cannot produce or respond
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concern for the community and this article does a great job detailing why. Childhood Obesity affects more than 30 percent of children, making it the most common chronic disorder for children. Today, more and more children are being diagnosed with diabetes, hypertension and other co-morbid conditions associated with obesity and morbid obesity. According to the study, almost half the obesity incidence from kindergarten through eighth grade occurs among children who were overweight as kindergartners
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Diabetes Effect on Individual Diabetes can change many different areas in the life of individuals who are living with this disease process. The most obvious change is the impact on a person’s health and well-being. The long term complications of diabetes are hypertension, stroke, heart disease, kidney disease which can lead to dialysis, peripheral nerve damage or neuropathy, retinal nerve damage or retinopathy, chronic skin wounds. All of these are very serious complications but the chronic
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Psychology and Diabetes Student’s Name: Institution: Instructor’s Name: Course Name: Introduction Diabetes is often referred to as diabetes mellitus and can be defined as a condition in which an individual has high levels of blood sugar as a result of inadequate or insufficient production of insulin in the body. Additionally, it may be caused by the failure of body cells to respond appropriately to the insulin. As such, patients usually have a higher than normal rate of urination. Majority
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Neeraj’s USMLE Step-2 CS Notes The Perfect “Encounter”: A Strategic Approach to Communication & Interpersonal skills The encounter in a USMLE CS examination is between a non-physician medical educator (SP: Standardized Patient) and an examinee, who may be a medical student or a physician. SPs are defined as "a simulated or real patient who has been taught to present a problem so accurately that the simulation cannot be detected by a skilled clinician.” (1) These SPs will seem like real patients
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nowadays are not meeting the current US Department of Health and Human Services physical activity guidelines, which recommends for one hour of physical activity each day. This alarming behavior may be attributed to the decreased access to physical education at schools and to the increased time that youth spend in sedentary behaviors, such as watching television or playing video games (Ramirez, 2012). Many children does not follow healthy eating pattern which should include whole grains, vegetables,
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