Comprehensive foot care education in home-based settings: a tool for clinicians.
Prevention of diabetic foot ulcers and amputations does not receive the same priority as problem resolution in the primary care setting. Educating patients with diabetes about foot care in a home-based setting could enable the home healthcare clinician to provide information that could help reduce the risk of ulcerations and amputations. The development of an algorithm to aid clinicians in providing recommended education would enable clinicians to practice using the best-available evidence.
Jennifer Rice, DNP, FNP-BC, is a Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Services, Matrix Medical Network, Anderson, South Carolina. Marilyn C. Handley, PhD, RN, CNE, is an Associate Professor, Capstone College of Nursing, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Jenny Jolley, DNP, FNP-BC, is a Nurse Practitioner, After Hours Family Practice, Boiling Springs, South Carolina.
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D000465:Algorithms; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014481:United States