educator working with Mr. Walker. Answer the two questions: Dr. Black wanted me to follow up with the diabetes nurse educator again. My wife didn’t want to come with me this time. Thanks to Dr. Black, my wife Janie’s sore at me. She says everyone is blaming her for my high blood sugars. They all keep telling us how important it is for me to watch my sugars and lose weight. She’s sure they give her the side-eye every time they say it. I told her that it’s not her fault she’s a great cook. But the truth is, the food she cooks for me now leaves a whole lot to be desired. Don’t tell Janie, but I stop by the local One-Stop in the afternoons for some extra rations, otherwise I’d surely starve to death. It’s just a little afternoon snack. I pick up a slice of pizza or a corn dog to tide me over until dinner. It’s not a big deal. I feel sort of guilty though, keeping it from Janie. Please, don’t mention it to her.I think I know how to use the glucose monitor just fine, it’s that I get busy and forget to keep it with me. Sometimes, I run out of supplies and can’t get to the pharmacy right away. And I do get tired of pricking myself all the damn time. I don’t mean to not monitor every day, it’s just a hard habit to get used to. Kind of like exercising. I’m supposed to exercise for half hour a couple a days a week, but that’s not that easy. When the weather’s bad, like it has been, I’m not going to go to walk outside. I could walk around the house, but it’s just not practical to exercise inside. I mean, it gets pretty boring walking from the bedroom to the kitchen to the front room and back again, over and over, for thirty minutes. And besides, the cat would think I’d gone crazy!I just don’t have the time it takes to do everything Dr. Black wants me to do every day. It’s not that I don’t care, but…it’s just too much for us. Too many changes. Too much medicine. Too many supplies and too many rules. It’s not fair to Joanna to make her have to change the way she cooks and what we can and can’t do. Nothing against Dr. Black, but I don’t think she listens to me. I told her the metformin gives me a stomachache and you know what she did? She increased the dose! She warned me that if I don’t get my blood sugars down by the next visit, I might have to start using insulin. In the hospital they told me insulin means more shots, more supplies, and more glucose checks. I don’t want that either. That’s what made Joanna upset. This is just too much work.I don’t know, I’m feeling like I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place. Everyone’s telling me what I need to do, but it’s not that easy to do it. My sweetie pie, Janie is exhausted too. This is a lot of work for her. She’s still worried from when I was throwing up, when she brought me to the hospital. In the emergency room, Dr. Johnson told her I could have died. He scared the bejesus out of poor Janie. I’m thinking we’d both feel better if we could just get a break from all of this for a while. What if I just take a few weeks off? What would be the harm in that? I know we could both use the break. I’m just no good with all this medical stuff.  -Identify and list questions and/or concerns raised by Mr. Walker. What concerns do you, as the nurse educator, identify that he may not ask about or be aware of? -For each concern, write a short description of how you would respond to him. Be sure to include nursing interventions, any teaching necessary, resources assessment, and any other issues you think need to be addressed. 

Question Answered step-by-step Review the case study – In my own words.  You are the diabetic nurseeducator working with Mr. Walker. Answer the two questions: Dr. Black wanted me to follow up with the diabetes nurse educator again. My wife didn’t want to come with me this time. Thanks to Dr. Black, my wife Janie’s sore at me. She says everyone is blaming her for my high blood sugars. They all keep telling us how important it is for me to watch my sugars and lose weight. She’s sure they give her the side-eye every time they say it. I told her that it’s not her fault she’s a great cook. But the truth is, the food she cooks for me now leaves a whole lot to be desired. Don’t tell Janie, but I stop by the local One-Stop in the afternoons for some extra rations, otherwise I’d surely starve to death. It’s just a little afternoon snack. I pick up a slice of pizza or a corn dog to tide me over until dinner. It’s not a big deal. I feel sort of guilty though, keeping it from Janie. Please, don’t mention it to her.I think I know how to use the glucose monitor just fine, it’s that I get busy and forget to keep it with me. Sometimes, I run out of supplies and can’t get to the pharmacy right away. And I do get tired of pricking myself all the damn time. I don’t mean to not monitor every day, it’s just a hard habit to get used to. Kind of like exercising. I’m supposed to exercise for half hour a couple a days a week, but that’s not that easy. When the weather’s bad, like it has been, I’m not going to go to walk outside. I could walk around the house, but it’s just not practical to exercise inside. I mean, it gets pretty boring walking from the bedroom to the kitchen to the front room and back again, over and over, for thirty minutes. And besides, the cat would think I’d gone crazy!I just don’t have the time it takes to do everything Dr. Black wants me to do every day. It’s not that I don’t care, but…it’s just too much for us. Too many changes. Too much medicine. Too many supplies and too many rules. It’s not fair to Joanna to make her have to change the way she cooks and what we can and can’t do. Nothing against Dr. Black, but I don’t think she listens to me. I told her the metformin gives me a stomachache and you know what she did? She increased the dose! She warned me that if I don’t get my blood sugars down by the next visit, I might have to start using insulin. In the hospital they told me insulin means more shots, more supplies, and more glucose checks. I don’t want that either. That’s what made Joanna upset. This is just too much work.I don’t know, I’m feeling like I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place. Everyone’s telling me what I need to do, but it’s not that easy to do it. My sweetie pie, Janie is exhausted too. This is a lot of work for her. She’s still worried from when I was throwing up, when she brought me to the hospital. In the emergency room, Dr. Johnson told her I could have died. He scared the bejesus out of poor Janie. I’m thinking we’d both feel better if we could just get a break from all of this for a while. What if I just take a few weeks off? What would be the harm in that? I know we could both use the break. I’m just no good with all this medical stuff.  -Identify and list questions and/or concerns raised by Mr. Walker. What concerns do you, as the nurse educator, identify that he may not ask about or be aware of? -For each concern, write a short description of how you would respond to him. Be sure to include nursing interventions, any teaching necessary, resources assessment, and any other issues you think need to be addressed.  Health Science Science Nursing NURSING 225 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)