A Diabetes Management Mentor Program

Modic, Mary Beth; Canfield, Christina; Kaser, Nancy; Sauvey, Rebecca; Kukla, Aniko

doi:10.1097/nur.0b013e318263d73d

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“…The title "diabetes management mentor" is used to identify this group of nurses. 12 The word mentor was strategically selected because the program's objective is to nurture the knowledge of both peers and patients while assisting in solving clinical quandaries. The mentors' willingness to be intellectually challenged and embrace new methods in teaching, communicating, and problem solving is crucial in achieving the program's goals.…”

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Building a Novel Inpatient Diabetes Management Mentor Program

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The intent of this project was to create a formalized educational program for bedside nurses responsible for inpatient diabetes management. Bedside nurses are recruited to serve as diabetes management mentors. The mentors receive advanced education concerning teaching and learning principles, the AADE7™ Self-Care Behaviors, and diabetes management strategies. They teach their peers, advocate for patients, and facilitate referrals for outpatient Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) programs. The focus of these ongoing educational activities is to foster the development of diabetes management mentors and to create teaching tools that mentors can use with peers to address practice gaps or skill deficiencies. The diabetes management mentor is integral in enhancing the care of patients with diabetes in the hospital. The empowerment of bedside nurses as mentors for their peers and their patients is an invaluable asset that helps nurses take ownership of their practice. This role could be applied to other complex disease entities, helping nurses to develop specific management skills to improve patient outcomes and enhance patient satisfaction.

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Practical Recommendations for Transitioning Patients with Type 2 Diabetes from Hospital to Home

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2017

Curr Diab Rep

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Hospitalized patients who have newly diagnosed or poorly controlled T2DM require initiation or intensification of their outpatient diabetes regimen. Potential barriers to medication access and continuity of care should be identified early in the hospitalization. Throughout hospitalization, patients should receive diabetes education focused on basic survival skills and tailored to learning needs. Patients should leave the hospital with personalized discharge instructions that include a list of all medications and follow-up appointments with both the outpatient diabetes provider and a diabetes educator whenever possible. An approach to transitioning patients with T2DM from hospital to home that focuses on optimizing the patient's discharge diabetes regimen, anticipating patients' needs during the immediate post-discharge period, providing survival skills education, and ensuring continuation of diabetes care and education following hospital discharge has the potential to improve glycemic control and reduce emergency department visits and hospital readmissions.

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