NURSING CARE FOR DIABETIC FOOT UNDER THE PERSPECTIVE OF ACADEMICS: EXPERIENCE REPORT

Abstract

DIABETES MELLITUS IS A PATHOLOGY THAT IS IN LARGE PART OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION, WHERE IT AFFECTS PEOPLE OF ANY AGE GROUP AND GENDER, IT OCCURS DUE TO A METABOLIC DISORDER OF GLUCOSE, WHICH CAUSES HYPERGLYCEMIA IN THE INDIVIDUAL (HIGH LEVEL OF GLUCOSE IN THE BLOOD ) OR HYPOGLYCEMIA (LOW BLOOD GLUCOSE). THE AIM OF THIS STUDY IS TO REPORT THE CARE GIVEN TO A PATIENT WITH DIABETES MELLITUS WHO DEVELOPED A DIABETIC FOOT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF NURSING STUDENTS. FOR THIS, WE USED A DESCRIPTIVE, QUALITATIVE AND RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF THE EXPERIENCE REPORT TYPE, FROM THE PERFORMANCE OF NURSING STUDENTS DURING THE SUPERVISED INTERNSHIP OF THE LAST YEAR OF GRADUATION, DEVELOPED IN A MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL. BASED ON THE REPORT, IT IS CONCLUDED THAT THE DIABETIC FOOT IS A COMPLICATION OF DIABETES MELLITUS THAT CAN BE AVOIDED IF PREVENTIVE MEASURES ARE ADOPTED.