<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><bold>Introduction.</bold> Type 1 diabetes is the most common chronic childhood disease.<bold>Aim.</bold> The aim of the study is to present the process of nursing a child with DMT1 and its family using the terminology from ICNP®.<bold>Material and methods.</bold> The study is based on a case report and a literature review. The study was conducted in December 2019. A written consent of the child’s mother was obtained for the study.<bold>Results and conclusions.</bold> Proper nursing care, intensive diabetes education and optimal treatment are essential to ensure the best quality of life while minimizing the risk of acute metabolic disorders and chronic complications. Using ICNP® terminology enables the creation of a detailed and holistic nursing process for a child with DMT1 and its family. Based on the information obtained, nursing diagnoses were formulated: dyspnea, nausea, hyperglycaemia, hypoglycaemia, lack of knowledge of illness, lack of knowledge of treatment regime, lack of knowledge of diet regime, overweight, anxiety, impaired socialization, risk of impaired parenting. The nursing interventions will help to achieve an appropriate standard of living as well as reduce the risk of acute metabolic disorders and chronic diabetes complications.</abstract>

Introduction. Type 1 diabetes is the most common chronic childhood disease.Aim. The aim of the study is to present the process of nursing a child with DMT1 and its family using the terminology from ICNP®.Material and methods. The study is based on a case report and a literature review. The study was conducted in December 2019. A written consent of the child’s mother was obtained for the study.Results and conclusions. Proper nursing care, intensive diabetes education and optimal treatment are essential to ensure the best quality of life while minimizing the risk of acute metabolic disorders and chronic complications. Using ICNP® terminology enables the creation of a detailed and holistic nursing process for a child with DMT1 and its family. Based on the information obtained, nursing diagnoses were formulated: dyspnea, nausea, hyperglycaemia, hypoglycaemia, lack of knowledge of illness, lack of knowledge of treatment regime, lack of knowledge of diet regime, overweight, anxiety, impaired socialization, risk of impaired parenting. The nursing interventions will help to achieve an appropriate standard of living as well as reduce the risk of acute metabolic disorders and chronic diabetes complications.

Nursing care of a child with type 1 diabetes mellitus – a nursing process using the International Classification of Nursing Practice ICNP®

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing program, Faculty of Health Sciences with Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine

Science Club of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences with Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine

Laboratory of Pediatric Nursing, Department of Internal and Pediatric Nursing

Pielegniarstwo  XXI wieku / Nursing in the 21st Century

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Nursing care of a child with type 1 diabetes mellitus – a nursing process using the International Classification of Nursing Practice ICNP

Introduction. Type 1 diabetes is the most common chronic childhood disease.Aim. The aim of the study is to present the process of nursing a child with DMT1 and...

Nursing care of a child with type 1 diabetes mellitus – a nursing process using the International Classification of Nursing Practice ICNP^®

Publicado en línea: 29 oct 2020

Páginas: 174 - 183

Recibido: 15 jul 2020

Aceptado: 04 sept 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2020-0029

Palabras clave
child, nursing process, diabetes, International Classification of Nursing Practice

© 2020 Julita Ronkowska et al., published by Sciendo

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Nursing care of a child with type 1 diabetes mellitus – a nursing process using the International Classification of Nursing Practice ICNP®

Publicado en línea: 29 oct 2020

Páginas: 174 - 183

Recibido: 15 jul 2020

Aceptado: 04 sept 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2020-0029

Palabras clavechild, nursing process, diabetes, International Classification of Nursing Practice

© 2020 Julita Ronkowska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Nursing care of a child with type 1 diabetes mellitus – a nursing process using the International Classification of Nursing Practice ICNP^®

Palabras clave
child, nursing process, diabetes, International Classification of Nursing Practice