Nursing Assessment for Diabetes Mellitus
Family Health History
Are there families who suffer from diseases such as client ?
Patient Medical History and Prior Treatment
How long a client suffering from diabetes ?
Gets what kind of insulin therapy ?
How to take medication regularly ?
What do the client to cope with illness ?
Activity / Rest :
Tired, weak, Difficult Moves / walking, muscle cramps, decreased muscle tone.
Circulation
Is there a history of hypertension, acute myocardial infarction, numbness, tingling in the extremities, ulcers on the feet that long healing, tachycardia, changes in blood pressure.
Ego Integrity
Stress, anxiety
Elimination
Changes in the pattern of urination (polyuria, nocturia, anuria), diarrhea.
Food / Fluids
Anorexia, nausea, vomiting, do not follow the diet, weight loss, thirst, the use of diuretics.
Neuro Sensory
Dizziness, headache, tingling, numbness in muscle weakness, paresthesias, visual disturbances.
Pain / Leisure
Abdomen tense, pain (moderate / severe)
Respiratory
Cough with or without purulent sputum (depending on the presence of infection)
Security
Dry skin, itching, skin ulcer.
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