Journal of Perioperative & Critical Intensive Care Nursing
Open Access

Primary care nurses as diabetes case managers: A path towards mutual goals

East Asian Congress on Nursing and Primary Health Care

May 13, 2019 Tokyo, Japan

Nada S. Aljohani

Princess Nourah Bint Abdul Rahman University, Saudi Arabia

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Perioper Crit Intensive Care Nurs

Abstract :

Diabetes Mellitus is one of the at most difficult health issues faced by people around the globe. The chronicity and variability of both causative and associative factors that are involved in the prevention and management of the condition contribute immensely to the challenge. In 2017, globally, the number of adults with diabetes was 424 million cases and it is estimated to reach 628 million by 2045. Social health determinants, which are defined as the social, economic, political, and environmental conditions that people live in and that affects their health condition and access to healthcare. Diabetes is not merely an imposition on healthcare systems alone; it also affects economies and societies, and decision makers in both high and low-income countries. The involvement of these determinants in healthcare and the management of chronic diseases such as diabetes is one of the most complicated tasks of primary healthcare. Due to diabetes complexity, people with diabetes demand collaborative, organised and systematic approach when cared for by healthcare providers. In which that they are the centre of care. When compared to primary care physicians, studies found that nurse case managers in community health settings showed equal to better results in diabetes control. As case managers for people with diabetes, nurses have shown professional growth and the ability to collaborate with primary healthcare physicians in a multidisciplinary fashion that has been already idealised by top diabetes care recommendations. Nurses’ were found to have a major positive impact on counselling people with diabetes. Moreover, on their adherence to self-management and diabetes control. Nurses as primary case managers for people with diabetes are a significant opportunity to improve primary healthcare of diabetes. The person-centred scope of nursing accompanied by adherence to the global call for individualised care for people with diabetes is an opportunity to reach mutual goals. Furthermore, it is a path of professional development for primary care nurses.

Biography :

Nada S. Aljohani is a diabetes specialist nurse and works as a lecturer at the college of nursing, Princess Nourah Bint Abdul Rahman University in Riyadh the capital of Saudi Arabia. She holds a BSc in Nursing and MSc in Diabetes care from the University of Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom. She has a background of over four years in emergency nursing before shifting to diabetes care. She has participated and presented work on Diabulimia and disorderd eating behaviours among people with type 1 diabetes. She is a passionate advocate for the healthcare rights of people with diabetes such as #insulin4all movment and many more. Also, she promotes the use of social media to raise awarness and prevent complications of diabetes. Moreover, to promote learning by connectivism among nursing students and collueges.

E-mail: nadasj@hotmail.com