Nursing and National Standards/Organisational-Based Policies and Guidelines in Improving Patient

Undoubtedly, more educated and informed nurses will contribute effectively towards treating diabetic patients like Karla well. If she further feels symptoms of stroke, it will be a result of her poor patient education and lifestyle (Humbles, 2017). Therefore, the ADA has provided standards for the self-management of diabetes that help nurses to apply special regulations to treat diabetes. It involves applying regulations in improve patients’ diet, exercise, insulin intake, and other physical activities such as yoga (Cronshaw, 2021). The standard also emphasizes insulin education and training so that nurses can resiliently utilize insulin without any negligence (Sugiharto, 2017).

Moreover, another vital body for diabetes standards is the National Diabetes Prevention Program which offers great research related to diabetes and also helps the nurses in Prime Hospital to gain adequate training related to using tools for preventing type 2 diabetes (Chamberlain et al., 2018). Finally, the Affordable Care Act of the United States (ADA) also ensures that poor patients get vital medical insurance to improve their health. The ADA also guides nurses regarding the psychological issues of diabetic patients. Researchers have tested the effectiveness of these standards and claim that using these standards can be ground-breaking for the professional expertise of nurses (Ueki, 2017). 

Role of Nurses in Policy Making 

The best healthcare organizations are helping nurses to be involved in leadership practices to form effective healthcare policy. There is a need to promote the widespread education and training of nurses regarding policy-making so they can become strong leaders and voice their reasons (Bramley, 2018). Researchers like Cavender (2015) argue that registered and qualified nurses should take more part in decision-making and policy-building. These strategies can be enhanced through policy education programs (Van Hecke, 2019). 

 Nursing Theory 

King’s Theory for Goal Attainment is vital for nurses to enhance and boost their performances regarding effective diabetes patient care. For example, the research conducted by Bokhour (2018) used a quasi-experiment that took a sample of 60 diabetic patients. While studying the interventions, the improvement in many aspects of disease was found due to the strict adherence of patients to these goals. This means that the Theory of goal attainment is vital for nurses to improve their education and achieve the best patient care goals for treating type 2 diabetes. The above-mentioned theories and standards can play a pivotal role in improving the patient care outcomes related to Karla who was a type 2 diabetic patient (Velmurugan, 2017).

Leadership Strategies to Improve Outcomes for the Chosen Patient

Nowadays, healthcare managers should learn skills to become effective leaders because managers cannot create a vision of forming high-performing teams despite their ability to organize and plan (Alqatawenh, 2018). This shows that researchers significantly emphasize nurses and professionals to learn patient-centered collaborative leadership skills which can increase their overall impact on the organization and help them to become change agents and visionaries. Since nurses failed to provide Karla with adequate guidance related to type 2 diabetes, this showed their lack of leadership and motivational skills to educate the patient. This implies that leadership skills can help our nurses at Prime Hospital to manage the glycolic more and improve interdisciplinary communication (Wigert, 2014).

The most vital leadership skill is to learn to enhance patient-nurse communication. Moreover, leadership in nurses will allow them to provide timely and patient-focused health services. Leadership skills can be enhanced by educational sessions and professional training conducted by the hospital (“Affordable Care Act”, 2020). Nurses can learn from their senior leaders as well to adopt their behaviors. Since leaders are more rational than emotional, emotional intelligence skills of nurses can be enhanced through leadership to solve the particular issues of Karla in the emergency ward. 

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