Decreasing Hyperglycemia and Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Adolescents - A Quality Improvement Project

This is a translation research project, completed as a capstone for the author's DNP program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. The project was conducted at 4 schools in the Chicopee School District in Western Massachusetts. The schools included one elementary school, a middle school and 2 high schools in the region. The evidenced based interventions were developed and applied to the care of students living with T1DM on the insulin pump age 12-18 years. They were followed for six months and the results revealed improved HA1c within that period. The interventions included combining carbohydrate counting, physical exercises, focus groups that meet once a week and addressing concerns with missed insulin boluses and insulin pump malfunctions. Further research is needed to find out if the intervention would improve HA1C beyond SIX months. There is a need to explore if the same results would be observed in older populations living with T1DM on the insulin pump.

About the author

Jane MachariaDr of Nursing Practice, Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner as well as a Clinical Nurse Leader. Works as an Emergency Nurse Practitioner in a teaching hospital & as an Associate Professor of Nursing at Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester,Massachusetts. Focuses on Translation Research both in clinical practice & Academia.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Macharia
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.03.2020
• EAN: 9786200655424
• ISBN: 9786200655424
• No. of pages: 52
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine; Geriatrie, Umweltmedizin, Nuklearmedizin, Notfallmedizin, Therapie und Therapeutika, Sportmedizin, Sportverletzungen, Mikrobiologie und Virologie, Palliativmedizin, Stammzellen, Bildgebende Verfahren