Diabetes Training
- sublimelivingmisa
- Aug 15, 2023
- 1 min read
Diabetes is a chronic (long-lasting) health condition that affects how your body turns food into energy. If you have diabetes, your body either doesn’t make enough insulin or can’t use the insulin it makes as well as it should. When there isn’t enough insulin or cells stop responding to insulin, too much blood sugar stays in your bloodstream. Over time, that can cause serious health problems, such as heart disease, vision loss, and kidney disease.
Many people will be able to handle all or almost all routine diabetes care by themselves. However, some people, because of age, developmental level, or inexperience, will need help from staff.
Please answer questions in the blog section:
1) In the case where assistance is needed, what are the proper steps for using a glucose meter?
2) As a caregiver, how can you help a client to manage his/her diabetes?
Proper steps using a glucose
Use a lancet to prick the finger squeeze from the base of the finger gently place a small amount of blood onto the test strip. Place the strip in the meter after a few seconds the reading will appear
Help them manage their diabetes check blood sugar, make healthy foods, help them go for a walk
Proper steps for using a glucose meter are:
-Wash your hands with soap and warm water and dry completely or clean the area with alcohol and dry completely.
-Prick the fingertip with a lancet.
-Hold the hand down and hold the finger until a small drop of blood appears; catch the blood with the test strip.
-Follow the instructions for inserting the test strip and using the SMBG meter.
-Record the test result. Normal range is 70-140
When helping a client to manage his/her diabetes it may be beneficial to have certain exercise requirements for them to follow and also making sure their meals and snacks are healthy. Also making sure they are not consuming too many soft drinks, etc.
Wash hands
Gloves
Set meter up
Put Lancet strip in meter it will turn on
Clean client’s finger
Poke finger
Rub blood upward
Put blood on strip
Await numbers
Help with healthy eating
Exercise
Staying away from sugary snacks
Turn on the glucometer. This is usually done by inserting a test strip. The glucometer screen will tell you when it's time to put blood on the strip.
Use the lancing device to pierce the side of your finger, next to the fingernail (or another recommended location). This hurts less than lancing the pads of your fingers.
Squeeze your finger until it has produced a sufficient-size drop.
Place the drop of blood on the strip.
Blot your finger with the alcohol prep pad to stop the bleeding.
Wait a few moments for the glucometer to generate a reading.
How you can help a client to manage diabetes?
Education, coaching, or social support to improve diabetes testing and monitoring, medication adherence,…
Before you start prepare the following items
> blood glucose meters
>lancet device/strips
> dry swab
> sharpbox
- check the expiry date of test strip in the box
- wash your hands and dry thoroughly
- prepare the lancet
- load the needle
-remove the cap
-replace the lancet cover carefully
-adjust the depth of your needlle according to your skin thickness
-pull the lever and release it to prime the lancet device
-remove the test strip foil and insert it into the glucose meter test strip slot
-rub w/ alcohol the finger tips and press down firmly
- place lancet device flat at the side and press down firmly
- prick finger w/ the lancer and remove inmediately