Capella 4900 Assessment 4 Patient, Family, or Population Health Problem Solution NURS-FPX 4900 Capstone Project for Nursing ​​​​​​​Patient Health Problem Michael who is a 67-year-old male presented to our hospital named Southern California Hospital at Hollywood, has been suffering from type 2 diabetes for the last 4 years.

Capella 4900 Assessment 4 Patient, Family, or Population Health Problem Solution

NURS-FPX 4900 Capstone Project for Nursing

Patient Health Problem

Michael who is a 67-year-old male presented to our hospital named Southern California Hospital at Hollywood, has been suffering from type 2 diabetes for the last 4 years. His blood glucose levels reaching 315 mg/dL were the reason he got admitted to our hospital as his condition required prompt care treatment and management. His lifestyle showed that he required education on his condition so I worked with Michael and his family. Through active collaboration and care coordination, I developed an intervention plan for Michael that included providing diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) along with remote monitoring of his medication adherence behavior as Michael was inconsistent in taking his medication.

The reason I selected Diabetes as the focus of this project is that millions of people suffer from diabetes and the ill management of this disease leads to millions of deaths. Moreover, diabetes is relevant to my professional practice and in my community as pools of people with diabetes are coming for clinical visits at my hospital who happen to have various health complications due to poor management.

Role of Leadership and Change Management in Diabetes

Diabetes management requires appropriate knowledge and awareness among healthcare professionals and patients. Healthcare professionals with certifications e.g. diabetes educators can play a leadership role in raising awareness and knowledge about diabetes among team members and patients. This education can include ways to monitor blood glucose levels, diabetes management strategies, and knowledge of risk factors and symptoms to provide effective care treatment to patients.

Furthermore, nurses can play leadership roles such as head nurses with advanced nursing practice certification who can ensure that all junior nurses are providing care treatment to patients with effective collaboration and coordination with other healthcare professionals. They can foster a culture of collaboration, communication, and continuous learning within healthcare systems (Lipscomb et al., 2023). Change management in healthcare setups plays an important role in providing updated and effective care treatment to patients.

For this purpose, healthcare professionals with leadership roles can collaborate with management department personnel to communicate with them about the need for changes in the healthcare work environment (Milella et al., 2021). For example, change management is required to implement healthcare technologies for diabetes management in hospitals where such novel health information technologies have never been implemented. The nurses can play such roles in implementing change management strategies to build a technology-oriented environment in the hospital to provide care treatment to diabetic patients.