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This weekly shift provided yet another chance to interact with elderly patients. The
most exciting element about caring for elderly patients is their cooperation and sincerity
concerning their past medical experiences, their preferred medical interventions. These
elements help nurses develop interventions that best suit the patient's needs. However, this
week was slightly challenging since I was caring for a patient with diabetes. The patient was
inclining too much on her religious beliefs, which prohibit their members from seeking
medical assistance to any illness. Hence, the patient's family had to force their grandmother
to seek medical intervention, and although we establish the cause of her ailment, it was still
difficult to convince the patient to adopt conventional methods. However, through patient
education, we managed to convince the patient.
This week's case involves a seventy-five-year-old woman with a chief complaint of
blurred vision and extreme fatigue. Additionally, the patient noticed her hunger has
significantly increased, she had lost weight, and she was frequently urinating. The patient
also pointed out a sore on the high left arm that has stayed for more than three months
without healing. After evaluating her blood sugar log, it was evident her fasting sugar had
fallen from 60 to 70 in the evenings and mid-afternoons for the past 2 weeks. Her vital signs
were: heart rate 85 bpm, blood pressure 132/70 mmHg, oxygen saturation level on the right
atrial was 89%, respiratory rate 16, and temperature 37.8 °C.
Upon diagnosis, we established her fasting plasma glucose was more than 126 mg. ml
on two different days, AIC levels were above 6.5% on two separate days. Her oral tolerance
was also above 200 mg/dl (Haller, Atkinson, and Schatz, 2005). Due to her vital signs, some
differential diagnoses included type 2 diabetes, cancer, dehydration, diabetes insipidus, and
hypothyroidism. As part of her care plan, the patient was injected with insulin. The goal of

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1 Clinical Experience 6 Student's name: Course code: Institutional affiliation: Date of submission: 2 This weekly shift provided yet another chance to interact with elderly patients. The most exciting element about caring for elderly patients is their cooperation and sincerity concerning their past medical experiences, their preferred medical interventions. These elements help nurses develop interventions that best suit the patient's needs. However, this week was slightly challenging since I was caring for a patient with diabetes. The patient was inclining too much on her religious beliefs, which prohibit their members from seeking medical assistance to any illness. Hence, the patient's family had to force their grandmother to seek medical intervention, and although we establish the cause of her ailment, it was still difficult to convince the patient to adopt conventional methods. However, through patient education, we managed to convince the patient. This week's case involves a seventy-five-year-old woman with a chief complaint of blurred vision and extreme fatigue. Additionally, the patient noticed her hunger has significantly increased, she had lost weight, and she was fre ...
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