Diabetes and thyroid disease: nursing care to improve outcomes for patients living in poverty.
A primary goal of nurses providing care for persons who have diabetes mellitus or thyroid disease is improving their health outcomes. For persons who have diabetes and thyroid disease and live in poverty, improving the care process, and ultimately health outcomes, must include the nurse's understanding of poverty. The purpose of this article is to provide nurses with a basic understanding of the resource issues, "hidden rules," and characteristics that are associated with persons who live in poverty. Most importantly, some basic strategies to improve the health outcomes of patients who have diabetes or thyroid disease and live in poverty are provided.
Miller
Julie
J
MedCentral College of Nursing, 335 Glessner Avenue, Mansfield, OH 44903, USA. jmiller@medcentral.edu
D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D009736:Nursing Process; D011203:Poverty; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000451:nursing*