Diabetes Lesson - Helpful Knowledge To Fight With A Chronical Disease (Coursework Sample)

Diabetes Lesson Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Diabetes Lesson Diabetes is a chronic disease which is characterized by patients having high glucose in the blood as a result of low insulin secretion or in ability of the body to adequately respond to insulin. Insulin is a hormone that facilitates glucose entering human cells, providing the cells with energy. Devoid of insulin makes the glucose to continue staying in the human body, meaning he sugar in the blood becomes higher than the usual, making the condition to be termed diabetes. People with diabetes often go through frequent urination, do get thirsty faster, and are usually hungry. In the lesson titled “diabetes lesson”, the learners which include nurses, patients, and patients’ families will understand the causes and management of diabetes. The lesson will utilize group approach to enhance the chances of learners’ acquisition of knowledge and skills. Diabetes was chosen as it affects many people and families globally. The learners in the lesson will include adults, children, highly educated, and lowly educated persons, thus the use of tailor made approaches that ensure the patients acquire knowledge and skills about diabetes management and causes. Identifying and Describing the Learners Patients, nurses, and family of patients with diabetes are the learners of the lesson. Patients are those with diabetes. Nurses are the care givers of patients with diabetes. Family of the people with the diabetes are the people who live and help patients manage their diabetic condition. They need to be educated regarding the causes and management of diabetes in order to cope with and properly manage the disease. The patients experience signs and symptoms that require attention and proper management (Burke, Sherr, & Lipman, 2014). The patients, nurses, and family of diabetes patients need to know how to test their blood for diabetes and check how they manage the diabetes. Through diabetes lesson, nurses will be able to know more about the chronic disease and perform further studies that enhance development of evidence-based approaches that help manage the condition well. Patients will as well be able to learn when their symptoms become worse and take necessary actions to help prevent adverse effects of the disease. The lesson will be able to help the family of diabetes patients know how to properly manage the condition to improve the health of the patients. Describing the Educational Setting The educational setting will be small and large group setting entailing classrooms, lectures, tutorials, studio teachings, and laboratory and practical sessions and will entail audiovisual attributes. The lesson will inculcate group work, role play, and discussions. The learning resources for the lesson will include books, journal articles, website and online resources, and diabetes-related documentation published by reputable organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Even though the nurse staff members have the knowledge and skills in taking care of diabetes patients, the lesson aims at developing the staff. According to Burke, Sherr, and Lipman (2014), staff development aids at improving the skills and knowledge in nursing, allowing offering of high quality patient care. Therefore, nurse development will be achieved by teaching the nurses regarding evidence-based methods of diabetes management. The resources that will be used to teach the staff will be those that have been developed by highly experienced nurses in the field of diabetes. The current lifestyle calls for staff development to help impact knowledge and skills of patients regarding the best ways of preventing and managing diabetes (Burke, Sherr, & Lipman, 2014). The family education will be done in the homes of the families of patients with diabetes and will be a group setting. The medical teachers and lay professionals will aid at facilitating the learning process of the lesson. The lesson plan will be developed by varied health care professionals and the learning process will entail all people who are affected by diabetes including family members, friends, and persons with diabetes among other people in the social support network. Including Learner Assessments The learners have varied levels of education, development, and readiness to learn. While some patients will be highly educated, others will have low levels of education. The patients with less than high school educational level will receive high attention. The learners will as well be taught using visual and presentations to make them understand the lesson well. The learners with high school, college, and university level of education will be taught in groups using lectures. The lesson will take into consideration that patients with high level of education have the ability to quickly grasp the concepts taught in class (Burke, Sherr, & Lipman, 2014). The level of development of the patients will be varied; children and adults. The children will be taught using tactics that will help them gain knowledge and skills regarding diabetes quickly. The tactics will include using songs to help them memorize and put into practice the skills they gain. The adults will be taught in lecture style where they will be allowed to take part in the discussions of the lesson. The patients will as well have varied development regarding the stage of their diabetes: Patients who have stayed with and managed diabetes for many years and patients with diabetes for low years. The patients will be ready to learn since managing diabetes will make them manage their diabetic conditions well (Burke, Sherr, & Lipman, 2014). The education and developmental stages of the families with diabetic patients will as well vary; there will be family members with high educational level and those with low educational level. The family members will also consist of those with extensive knowledge in diabetes and tho...