Challenges Individual with Diabetes Would Face During Public Health Emergencies
In 250-500 words each, address the following prompts as related to the video. APRN-approved resources should support each of the below elements.
Barriers to Health: What barriers to health does this patient face including socioeconomic barriers and access to care? How will these barriers impact his overall health and wellbeing?
Provider Interventions: What specific actions would you take as a provider to address his diabetes management and these barriers? Include pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic, referral, and follow-up recommendations.
Self-Care/Self-Management: Refer to the "2022 National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support" in the topic Resources. What self-care/self-management education would you provide for this patient?
Emergency Preparedness: Discuss the unique challenges that this individual with diabetes would face during public health emergencies, such as natural disasters or pandemics. What guidance would you provide your patient in preparing for natural disasters and public health emergencies. Examples would include how to obtain medications, refrigerate insulin, or seek medical care when needed.
Demonstrate an understanding of the unique and shared perspective between nursing and other disciplines by supporting your responses with a minimum of two APRN-approved scholarly resources. Be sure to include references that reflect the unique and shared perspective between nursing and other disciplines. Non-APRN-approved references are not permitted unless linking to a specific patient resource.
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Socioeconomic Barriers & Access to Care
The video is about a 78-year-old patient, male and Caucasian. The patient faces diverse barriers to health, such as formidable socioeconomic barriers. These barriers hinder the patient's ability to manage diabetes appropriately. Another issue that the patient faces is financial limitations, and it has adverse effects because, with financial inabilities, it is challenging to get diabetes supplies that include test strips. Moreover, financial barriers impact patients' ability to regularly monitor their blood sugar levels. Blood sugar levels are fundamental aspects of diabetes that promote self-management. When a patient cannot check their blood sugar levels, they are faced with high risks of erratic glucose levels, which later results in intermittent hypoglycaemia. Financial barriers cause all these.
Furthermore, with financial constraints, the patient has challenges in dietary choices, which will force the patient to skip meals because they cannot buy the suitable dietary recommendation (ANEW Project, 2019). The result of socioeconomic and financial constraints on the patient is he ends up consuming high-sugar foods, which alleviates his hypoglycaemic symptoms. His blood sugar levels will fluctuate, challenging him with effective management.
Another challenge that the patient faces is limited access to healthcare resources, and it impedes his ability to manage diabetic conditions. The outcome is