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Diabetes

It’s important to keep your blood sugar controlled, because when too much sugar stays in your blood for a long time, it can damage nerves and blood vessels.

Alot of the food we eat is turned into sugar in the blood for our bodies to use for energy. A hormone produced by the pancreas called insulin helps sugar in our blood get into the cells of our bodies. If your body can't make enough insulin or if the insulin doesn’t work the way it should, blood sugar can’t get into your cells and instead stays in your blood, raising your blood sugar level.

Management of your type 2 diabetes includes:

• Using your medicines as your doctor prescribes
• Making smart food choices using the food pyramid
• Being physically active and integrate exercise in your daily routine

All 3 of these steps contribute to blood sugar management and therefore the management of your type 2 diabetes. Managing your type 2 diabetes is a goal whose importance is hard to exaggerate.

What type of information would you be most interesting to you?

Government sponsored diabetes education programs
Research about ways to manage type 2 diabetes
Recent breakthroughs in diabetes research
None of the above

Reference:

http://januvia.com

Assessing the health needs of a community is a very integral part of the community nurse

The history of community nursing

Modern community health nursing can trace its history to England and New York. The community was divided into districts and served by a nurse. Florence Nightingale developed the idea of home nursing and visiting the sick at home. Lilian Ward established what was known as the "House on Henry Street" which became the Visiting Nurse Association. The work of nursing pioneers like Nightingale and Ward laid the foundations of Community Health nursing as it is today.

Roskowski, J.,(2010) The history of community nursing: Retrieved April 6, 2011 from: http://www.ehow.com/about_6534870_history-community-nursing.html

Your Community

A strong community is a good community that enhances the populations health as a whole.
Are you doing what you can for your community? List one thing you are doing to give back to your community.