Can you help me develop a case study on diabetes health literacy? The case study's components should include the following.

Can you help me develop a case study on diabetes health literacy? The case study's components should include the following.

A. Learning objective.

b. Medical history of the patient.

c. Social history of the patient.

d.  Objective data

e. Subjective data

f. Identify patient problems.

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Please help me develop four questions related to this case study."

Case Study: Self management and health literacy of persons with diabetes

 A.  Learning Objective

 To enhance the knowledge of diabetes care and gain micro-level insight into a patient’s ability to apply diabetes information in his or her environment.

 B. Patient’s past medical history

 Name: Jane Doe

 Age: 58 years

 Diagnosis: These include; Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), hypertension.

 Chronic Conditions: Peripheral neuropathy, Hyperlipidämie

 Medications: Metformin, Lisinopril, Atorvastatin

 Previous Hospitalizations: None recent; history of diabetes mellitus, poorly managed and complicated by an episode.

 C. The Role of Social History in the Patient

 Occupation: Retired administrative assistant

 Marital Status: Widowed

 Family Support: Is single; two of the adult children own houses elsewhere in the state.

 Health Behaviors: Avoidance of exercise, moderate drinking and non-smoking individual

 Health Literacy: That is, poor knowledge about the ways of proper diabetes care and diet

 D.  Objective Data

 Vital Signs: SBP 142/85 mm Hg, PR 78 bpm, RR 18 breaths per minute

 Laboratory Results: HbA1c 8. 5%, Fasting Blood Glucose 180 mg/d Lal

 Physical Examination: Obese, peripheral neuropathy, no acute symptoms that I am aware of in the feet

 E.  Subjective Data

 Patient Complaint: “I just can not regulate the blood sugar levels any longer and do not know what foods are possible to eat. ”

 Patient Reported Symptoms: Fatigue, occasionally mild visual impairment and to maintain the correct gait sensation of enfeeblement in the lower limbs.

 Patient's Understanding: “I have been hearing that through diet, people can manage their diabetes but I was never too certain of what this entailed. ”

 F.  Identify Patient Problems

 Uncontrolled Blood Glucose Levels: It consists the outcomes that were manifested by the elevated HbA1c and fasting blood glucose.

 Poor Health Literacy: Confusion or disorientation in the issues to do with diabetes and how one should conduct him/herself.

 Peripheral Neuropathy: From the aspect of the mobility of the patients and their quality of life.

 Risk for Complications: Through uncontrolled diabetes and hypertension as rampant as is well known today.

 Questions on the Case

 How can Jane ensure that she understands what is required of her in diabetes self management and some of the aspects that relate to dietary modification?

 Answer should include: Advisory on exchange of carbohydrate, enhancing client insight on glycemic level, use of figures as well as recommending a dietician.

 This papers aims at identifying the strategies the healthcare providers could take to assess and address Jane’s HLM for DM self-management.

 Answer should include: First is asking the patient what they know about the disease and then questioning them in order to achieve this Secondly, educating the patient using simple and basic language Third, there is what is called teach back Fourth, come up with a patient specific care plan.

 The consequence of uncontrolled diabetes are: Therefore, the following are the ways on how Jane’s complication could be prevented or managed.

 Answer should include: Informing patients about possible comorbidities, for instance, cardiovascular disease, peripheral neuropathy, or retinopathy, and about prevention and treatment methods: maintaining optimal blood glucose levels, adhering to medical prescriptions, balanced diet and exercises.

 In what manner can the social and support system pose an impact to Jane’s diabetes management and what can be done about it?

 Answer should include: Looking for the existing social support, involving the family into patient’s care, seeking for the community assistance, encouraging physician’s check-ups.