Helping Diabetic Patients Reduce Their HbA1c by Follow-Up Phone Calls, Every Two Weeks

<p>Abstract</p> <p>This project focused on the Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) essential of <em>Quality Improvement and Safety</em>. I used the CNL competency of using performance measures to assess and improve the delivery of evidence-based practices for this project. The primary care practice in which I work received data that revealed almost 44% of the diabetic patients have a Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) >8%. I aim to assist these patients to reduce their HbA1c to</p> <p>Reference</p> <p>American Diabetes Association. (2016, January). Glycemic Targets: Assessment of Glycemic Control.<em> Diabetes Care,</em> <em>39</em>, 33-40. Retrieved from <a href="http://care.diabetesjournals.org/site/misc/2016-Standards-of-Care.pdf" target="_blank">http://care.diabetesjournals.org/site/misc/2016-Standards-of-Care.pdf</a></p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)

Level thesis:degree_level

Project/Capstone - Global access

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Webster, Stacie

• Diabetes management
• Medicine and Health Sciences

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/288

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.usfca.edu:capstone-1321