Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 13th Edition by Kerry Cheever, Janice Hinkle

Exercise 2

A 38-year-old man with Down syndrome has been diagnosed with diabetesthat requires him to perform daily blood glucose monitoring.He lives in a grouphome and has had a job washing dishes at a local cafeteria for the past 8 years. Whatapproaches will you use to educate the patient and other significant people in his lifeabout blood glucose monitoring? Identify the evidence base on the use of bloodglucose monitoring.Describe the educational strategies that you will use to instructhim about blood glucose monitoring, and identify any modifications that may beneeded in your educational strategies and approaches.