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Introduction

This assessment of the capstone project discusses the case of my mother, who recently got diagnosed with diabetes, and how it impacts the quality of care, costs to hospital setting, and patient and patient safety. The discussion will proceed to policies from nursing state board practice and government that impact diabetes care, patient safety, and cost. Furthermore, the assessment includes strategies to improve the quality of care and patient safety and reduce costs to healthcare systems and patients.

Diabetes’ Impact on Quality of Care, Patient Safety, and Costs to System and Individual

Type 2 diabetes is a chronic health disorder that requires ongoing care and adherence to medication and treatment.  The nurses and other healthcare professionals are expected to monitor patients’ blood glucose levels intricately for effective management. Furthermore, it requires consistent modification to a healthy lifestyle where patients must intake healthy food and practice physical activity. When healthcare professionals fail to educate and convince patients about diabetes care, the quality of care is badly impacted.

Diabetes effective care requires care coordination from a multidisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, dieticians, endocrinologists, pharmacists, and fitness experts, This is necessary for providing comprehensive care to diabetics to avoid gaps in treatments (Bilous et al., 2021). In the case of my mother’s diabetes, the quality of care was due to fragmented care coordination while she had not been instructed about diabetes self-management, as she wasn’t monitored at her home.