Biomedical subjects

C A Blainey

Publications and source records attributed to C A Blainey.

3 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1991

Using clinical focus guidelines to emphasize processes of learning.

Clinical focus guidelines provide a written, explicit statement about what is to be learned, what specific activities will help to bring about the learning, and what evaluation will be conducted. The thrust of guidelines is on processes that will be applicable throughout students' practice of nursing in whatever setting they choose. All actors in the educational process--student, preceptors, and faculty--have the same expectations when clinical learning is clarified through the use of clinical focus guidelines.

Delivery of Health Care↗

PubMed1977

Starting the person with diabetes on insulin in the outpatient setting: a teaching guide for physicians and nurses.

When a physician decides that a diabetic patient requires insulin treatment, more teaching is necessary than when initiating most other medications. It has been found advantageous, in treating persons with diabetes mellitus who are not severely compromised metabolically, to introduce them in an outpatient setting to the administration of insulin. The objective of this article as a teaching guide is to enable the health-care provider to cover all essential points clearly and effectively in a minimal period of time and thereby allow the patient to confidently inject himself/herself properly, and to become a member of the team that is managing and controlling his/her disease. This paper deals only with the use of insulin in the diabetic patient. It is recognized that other aspects of patient care and patient education must be addressed concurrently in the total care of the patient with diabetes.

Ambulatory Care↗

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The knowledge and practices of registered nurse, certified diabetes educators: teaching elderly clients about exercise.

This study identified the knowledge base and practices of Registered Nurse, Certified Diabetes Educators (RN, CDEs) regarding their exercise teaching programs for elderly clients who have non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). The random sample of 197 AADE members surveyed by questionnaire was a highly educated and experienced group. RN, CDEs who worked 30 or more hours per week in diabetes education or attended four or more continuing education (CE) programs per year had significantly more comprehensive exercise teaching program designs and instructional techniques to enhance elderly NIDDM clients' learning (P < .05). However, many CDEs do not teach their elderly clients about exercise due to lack of resources, lack of specific knowledge to prescribe exercise,and negative stereotypes of elderly clients' ability to exercise. Greater availability of educational programs for CDEs to explore curriculum development, program planning, evaluation, and exercise prescription for elderly clients with multisystem disease is recommended.

Adult↗