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2.1~Mills' blood sugar is 10.2mmol/L at 10:00 am. He had his breakfast at 08:30am (2 toast, raspberry jam and tea with two sugars). Mills stated that he did not document the previous blood sugar values and doesn't want to follow the diabetic diet plan as he feels the diabetic diet is 'boring'. Provide 2 (two) examples of strategies you would implement as a nurse in promoting the health maintenance of Mills.
2.3~Briefly describe in 40-60 words, how you could apply advocacy skills in relation to this scenario.
#. Some of the strategies to improve compliance of the patient :-
Understand each patient's behaviors.
Talk about side effects.
Collaborate with patients.
Consider the financial burden to the patient.
Assess health literacy.
Good Communication with patient.
Beliefs of the patient .
Reduce complexity.
Follow up with patients.
#. Two examples of strategies :-
- Assess the cultural beliefs patient have and coordinate it with the diet plan .
- Making the diet plan interestingly in such a way that the patient takes himself initiatives to help the dietician to plan diet.
#. Being a nurse we do have the right to speak for the patient . So in this case the patient is not happy with the diet plan he is having ,so I will ask the dietician to have a consultation and make the diet chart in such a way that the patient is happy and it's not the same every day and also as per their culture and customs .