Chapter 7: The Clinical Nurse Consultant - Documenting Diabetes Education
Overview:
- Focuses on the six main areas relevant to DEs
- Includes a sample diabetes education checklist
- Explains how to educate patients with problem behaviours and to use documentation effectively to ensure that they have understood their health condition
- Provides advice on documenting telephone conversations and includes a simulated telephone consultation form
Description:
Documentation by DEs must meet the requirements of good documentation specified by nursing bodies and the law. This chapter explains these requirements and addresses specific issues relevant to the practice of diabetes education.
Topics:
- Diabetes Education And Documentation
- Professional Practice Documents
- Documenting Patient Education
- Teaching Patients With Difficult Behaviours
- Documenting Telephone Consultations
- Documentation Given To Patients
- Use Of Standard Protocols
- Modern Technology And Documentation
- Utilisation Of Patient Documentation
- Research Papers And Practice Audits
- Documenting The Services Provided By The De
- Documentation ‘Bugbears’ (Using The Documentation Of Other Professionals)
- In Summary
- References
Speaker/ Author:
Trisha Dunning RN, Grad Dip Ed (Health), MEd, FRCNA
Trisha is a clinical nurse consultant in diabetes education. She has written a large number of publications relating to the education and management of people with diabetes and has served on many professional committees, particularly in the field of diabetes. Trisha is the current chair of the International Diabetes Federation Consultative Section on Diabetes Education and of the Clinical Practice Society of the Royal College of Nursing Australia. She has a wide range of interests outside nursing and enjoys sharing her knowledge and experience with others.
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