Assignment: Health Teaching Plan

Assignment: Health Teaching Plan

Assignment: Health Teaching Plan

Week 7 discussion Discussion 1 What essential elements should be included in a health teaching plan addressing physical, emotional, social, and spiritual challenges in adolescents? Discussion 2 Discuss factors that contribute to risk-taking behaviors and situations during adolescence. What impact might stress play on this age group? Do you see any connection between stress and common adolescent risk factors? Consider the findings from the 2013 APA report Stress in America on millennials (pages 19-21 of the report).Introduction
A teaching plan is one of the most important steps in nursing process. It is a vital tool used to achieve the best quality of patient care. A nurse should teach the patient what they need to know about their disease or disorder, diet, treatment, medication regimens, and self-care (Taylor, LeMone, Lillis, & Lynn, 2008). In this paper, I will explain teaching plan for diabetes patient with regular insulin injection including with the purpose of plan, outcomes, behavioral objectives, and teaching method.

Diabetes is a common disease, which can be a serious life-long illness caused by high level of glucose in the blood. This condition is when the body cannot produce insulin or lack of insulin production from the beta cells in the islet of Langerhans in the pancreas. Diabetes can cause other health problems over a period. Eye, kidneys, and nerves can get damaged and chances of stroke are always high. Because of the serious complication, the purposes of teaching plan for diabetes patient are to optimize blood glucose control, optimize quality of life, and prevent chronic and potentially life-threatening complications.

Before beginning, it is important to have a list of goals and objectives that are formulated by the nurse. The goals for this teaching are the patient will verbalized understanding how to inject insulin and monitor the patient’s blood glucose daily at home by her/him-self. Outcome determination is, therefore, a critical skill for successfully intervening with patients.

Two behavioral Objectives for the teaching plan
Within 30 minutes of teaching lesson, the patient will be able to injection insulin properly. The patient will be able to perform self-monitoring of blood glucose using a blood gl…
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…e such as, watch YouTube, Google, MedPub, etc…Patient can access internet easily whenever that want too.
Conclusion
In conclusion, I would say that teaching plan is a vital component of the nursing process. In order to promote patient learning, it is valuable to have a good teaching plan in mind.

References
Cleveland Clinic, 2014. Lifestyle is key to diabetes self management. Retrieved from: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/disorders/diabetes

Kirk, Julienne., Stegner, Jane., 2010. Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology: Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose: Practical Aspects. Retrieved from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2864180/
Taylor, C., LeMone, P., Lillis, C., & Lynn, P.( 2008). Fundamentals of nursing: the art and science of nursing care (6th ed). Philadelphia, PA, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a Wolter Kluwer business.