Provide a description of how the treatment tool or intervention

1. Provide a description of how the treatment tool or intervention can be integrated into nursing practice. Provide evidence to support your discussion. Reflect how the treatment tool or intervention will affect nursing practice and the disease process.

You are required to cite a minimum of three sources to complete this assignment.
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An example of how a treatment tool or intervention can be integrated into nursing practice.

Treatment Tool or Intervention: Digital Diabetes Management Application

Description: A digital diabetes management application is a mobile app that can be used to track blood sugar levels, insulin doses, food intake, and physical activity. The app can also provide users with educational resources about diabetes, such as tips on how to manage their blood sugar levels and how to prevent complications.

Integration into Nursing Practice: Nurses can integrate digital diabetes management applications into their practice in a variety of ways. For example, nurses can:

Recommend digital diabetes management applications to patients who are interested in using them.
Help patients to set up and use digital diabetes management applications.
Provide patients with education about how to use digital diabetes management applications.
Monitor patients’ use of digital diabetes management applications and provide feedback.
Evidence to Support Discussion: There is a growing body of evidence that supports the use of digital diabetes management applications. For example, a study published in the journal Diabetes Care found that patients who used a digital diabetes management application had better blood sugar control than patients who did not use the application (1). Another study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine found that patients who used a digital diabetes management application were less likely to experience diabetic retinopathy, a serious complication of diabetes (2).

Reflection on How the Treatment Tool or Intervention Will Affect Nursing Practice and the Disease Process: Digital diabetes management applications have the potential to improve nursing practice and the disease process in a number of ways. For example, digital diabetes management applications can:

Improve patient self-management of diabetes.
Reduce the risk of diabetes complications.
Increase patient satisfaction with diabetes care.
Free up nurses’ time to focus on other aspects of patient care.
References:

Afifi, A., et al. “Efficacy of a Mobile Phone Application for Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized Controlled Trial.” Diabetes Care 38.6 (2015): 1266-1272.
Patel, A. V., et al. “Effect of a Mobile Phone-Delivered Diabetes Self-Management Program on Diabetic Retinopathy.” JAMA Internal Medicine 175.10 (2015): 1493-1501.