Diabetes: What resources could the APRN use to identify different outcomes related to diabetes?
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Diabetes affects a growing number of Americans. An APRN working in a local hospital is part of a collaborative of community agencies strategically addressing diabetes from a community perspective.
As stated by Hill-Briggs et al., (2020 ) in the National statistics report in 2022 it documented that in 2019 about 37 million people of all ages in the United states had diabetes.
What social determinants of health should the community look at in relation to risk or incidence of diabetes?
Some of the social determinants of health that the community should consider in relationship to diabetes according to are the following. Education, Income, occupation, Housing, Food security access to food, food availability and the quality food.
Education Taking a look into the health literacy level of the members of the community would help determine their level of education in regards to diabetes ad this would serve as a background to determine what level of education the community members need about diabetes and how to adequately address it.
Income: The income would also be a determinant in the sense that would they be able to able to afford the right type of food.
Food availability, access and quality: Looking into the type of food easily accessible and available to the community would help determine the diet of the community members which plays a big part in addressing diabetes disease.
Occupation: The Occupation of most members of the community would also play major role in managing diabetes for example, if their occupation entails them working from home thy may be more prone to diabetes due to a sedentary lifestyle so this I something the APRN has to put into consideration while looking into the social determinants to incidence of diabetes.
2.What resources could the APRN use to identify different outcomes related to diabetes?
According to Cupp, A.L. (2020). , outcomes is defined as the desired or anticipated effect of the intervention it also stated that the APRN could measure outcomes through the use of data The community guide, would be an helpful resource in measuring an outcome also The APRN could use Trust for America Health (TFAH) which is another valuable to inform APRNs outcome identification state level data and rankings on key health indicators which is vital for diabetes management. Data that would be vital for the APRN to measured desired outcomes for a diabetic patient data reflecting the following. Hemoglobin A1C, incidence of skin infections, obesity, peripheral neuropathy, renal insufficiency amongst members of the community. Cupp, A.L. (2020).
3.What outcomes related to diabetes are of most interest to community members?
I do believe that to the community members the outcome that would be of most interest to them is ensuring that they possess adequate knowledge about the diabetes also for them to be competent in properly managing the disease and this can be done by being able to identify and track an attainable goal related to diabetes management. One other outcome I believe they would be interested is ways to prevent diabetes within their community as a whole and if they do, the community I believe would like to ensure that members of the community have easy access to diabetes care
4.Using the AHRQ Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Data Query (nhqrnet.ahrq.gov/inhqrdr/data/submit), what related national and state level data are available to the APRN?
For the APRN the related national and state level data available to them using the data for outcomes and also the quality of care provided by the health care facilities.
References
Cupp, A.L. (2020). Population-based nursing: Concepts and competenci