n a diabetic patient of either of these two pathologies, ulceration of the feet may occur. Foot ulcers may, in turn, lead to infection and ultimately to amputation.
Psychosocial stressors affecting Type II diabetic patients also should be identified during the assessment process (Handron & Leggett-Frazier, 1994, p. 515). Family-related stressors that affect Type II diabetic patients are among the more significant of the stressors that should be identified by the nurse practitioner during the assessment process.
Plasma glucose screening also is a procedure that should be performed during the assessment of Type II diabetic patients (Plasma, 1995, p. 88). This procedure may be performed as a part of the nursing assessment.
A nursing diagnosis of Type II diabetes mellitus is made on the basis of inferences from information relative to patient behavior and attitudes, as well as on the basis of inferences from some laboratory measures (Handron & Leggett-Frazier, 1994, pp. 515-520). Nursing diagnoses inferred from
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