Evidence-Based Nursing on Diabetes

Evidence-Based Nursing

Research has been conducted in a controlled area on diabetes. It was conducted on a new test that has been designed to test for genetic diabetes. This test is supposed to help distinguish between type 1 and 2 diabetes. Early identification of the difference in the diabetes types means that the right medication and care will be offered to the patient at the time of diagnosis. This will prevent the people with type 1 diabetes from being treated with the wrong medication until it is very late. Type 1 diabetes requires that an individual is injected with insulin. It is also easy for the doctors using this test to start the right medication for their patients right away. There have been attempts to develop medical innovations to help in management of diabetes. The new invention is called the genetic risk score that attempts to clear the air when it comes to the people whose diabetes diagnosis lies between type 1 and type 2.

The test is not out rightly for distinguishing the two diabetes types, it is a test that supports the doctors’ diagnosis in distinguishing the two types of diabetes. The diagnosis tool is important although it has not been tested on children yet. It currently works for people between the ages of 20 and 40 (Exeter, 2015). Dr Oram who is part of the team that worked on the test tool confirms that the people who will benefit from the test will be better educated about their conditions. He confirms that most people diagnosed with diabetes are often curious about the cause and most of them question the origin of the diagnosis on the basis of their genetic make-up. The research has been developed with an aim of answering this question effectively. The test reveals whether an individual is genetically at risk of developing diabetes when they are being tested for the condition.

It is also an important innovation because it now shows that it is possible for people to find out their risk status before the condition strikes. It will eventually help manage and possibly prevent new diabetics from developing the condition. Eventually the number of diabetics will significantly reduce (Exeter, 2015). The people who have seen the new technology at work are impressed at the effort put in by doctors in developing the genetic studies and concentrating the same to the small scale patient care levels. Further research is expected to be conducted to better the innovation in a way that many doctors can easily access the equipment and use it to test their patients. This innovation will also means that the people who are at risk of developing diabetes will be better informed and care or with the right medication and the right diagnosis on first tests. The article widely covers the development and use of the technique for the benefit of the diabetes patients (Exeter, 2015).

The Exeter research tool would be relevant in Iran in reducing the number of people who end up developing foot ulcers. The case study area is Iran. The number of patients taking part in this study are 16. This study was conducted by nurses nursing diabetes patients who have developed foot ulcers (Salsali, Cheragi, & Varaei, 2013). The research into how well patients respond to treatment and care can only be taken from the nurses records. The Evidence-Based Nursing has been applied to improve the performances of the nurses while at work. The new nursing technique has delivered better results in the care for patients. 

According to this research report, in Iran, there is an annual rise in the patients who develop foot ulcers as a result of diabetes (Salsali, Cheragi, & Varaei, 2013). This could have been reduced greatly by the use of the testing tool that would see to it that the diabetes types are distinguished from the onset. It is also important for the patients to find ways of dealing with the conditions earlier on as opposed to when they are just diagnosed and treated without knowing how to manage themselves (Assessment of the Patient with Established Diabetes, 2016). Diabetes is often considered a lifestyle disease but the genes have a bigger role to play. The genes carry the strain that is receptive to the diabetes causing gene. 

The tool has yet to factor in the children but the direction the development has taken opens up the possibility of being able to test the children of new infections. There have been many attempts to unravel the diabetes mystery but the Exeter tool is closest to the solution. The ability for doctors to test for the type a potential patient is prone to means it is easier even for the nurses to offer care when they have a certain amount of background information on the patient’s illness. 

The tool would be relevant in Iran given that the rate of the ulcer development of the feet is on a 7% rise annually in Iran (Salsali, Cheragi, & Varaei, 2013). It has not been an easy task designing the tool in a quest to manage the diabetes in the world. The tool is likely to be developed further to enable many more people to use it more easily (Association, 2017). Children have been previously affected by diabetes and the trend is not about to go down. It is a crisis that is yet to find a solution. Children with diabetes are supposed to be treated with care to prolong their lives. It is not uncommon today to see a small child injecting themselves with insulin while previously it was a rare occurrence. There are many ways of handling diabetes but the bottom line lies in the research being carried on to find a solution for diabetic children. The current direction of research is that there is a possibility of it ending in the discovery of a solution for diabetes in children.

References

Assessment of the Patient with Established Diabetes. (2016, December 31). Retrieved from Pateint Info: patient.info/doctor/assessment-of-the-patient-with-established-diabetes

Association, A. D. (2017, March 31). Care and Treatment. Retrieved from American Diabetes Association: www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/treatmentand care/

Exeter, U. o. (2015, April 15). Researchers Devise New Diabetes Diagnostic Tool. Retrieved from The Science Daily: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/11/151117143528.html

Salsali, M., Cheragi, M. A., & Varaei, S. (2013, June). Education and Implementing Evidence-Based Nursing Practice for Diabetic Patients. Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 1-.