Diabetes Case Study
Diana Gallardo, Karen Joy,
Brianna Herrera, Svetlana Knyazeva
NUR/427
5/6/2013
Sara Gerrie RN, MSN, CPNP
Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic illness affecting the metabolic and endocrine function of the body. Type 1 diabetes affects 5% to 10% of people with the disease, whereas type 2 diabetes affects nearly 90% to 95% of people with the disease (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2008). An overview of the incidence of diabetes in the United States, signs and symptoms, and effects of diabetes as a chronic disease will be provided. The case study of Angelo Reyes, a 40-year-old White male living with type 1 diabetes will be used to implement teaching requirements with measurable learning objectives from Bloom’s taxonomy of learning domains. The psychosocial challenges that Angelo Reyes encounters will also be discussed.
According to Smeltzer, Bare, Hinkle, and Cheever (2010), the number of people with diabetes in the United States is 23 million with increasing rates of 1 million new diagnosed cases per year. This number is expected to exceed 30 million by 2030 (CDC, 2008). People older than 65 years old seem to have more intolerance to glucose and 40% of them account for the population with diabetes. Minority groups such as African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders are at higher risk for diabetes, complications associated with the disease, and high rates of disease related death (CDC, 2008). Risk factors for diabetes include race and ethnicity, a family history of diabetes, obesity, being over the age of 45, hypertension, high cholesterol levels, and history of gestational diabetes (American Diabetes Association, 2009). Diabetes is a chronic illness that affects systems of the body and is the third leading cause of death from disease processes related to cardiovascular...