Diabetes Treatment

Diabetes Treatment

       For Michael to take sertraline safely there nursing guides or conditions that he has to follow,

He has to take this drug once per day, a particular time either morning or evening, he should not take more than the dose prescribed by the doctor

In a situation where he is given concentrated dose, he should dilute them either using water, lemon soda, or juice.

He should avoid doing heavy work or being in charge of driving, and this will help to ensure the proper functioning of medication (Ghasemi & Norouzirad, 2019).

Take a small portion of food frequently and ensure proper mouth care; it will be important to assist in providing energy.

Taking of sertraline depends on the effects that it will have, but it is important to take them at an appropriate time to avoid any common side effects it will have (Dewi et al., 2020).

In a situation of suicidal thoughts, he should try as much as possible not to keep the suicidal thoughts by himself; he should share it with someone he trusts with these feelings.

When someone as withdrawal problems, he tried as much as possible to avoid anxiety, having much of your thoughts negative increase more likeliness of becoming anxious.

If someone experience bleeding because of using sertraline, he/she should try to adjust medication (Ghasemi & Norouzirad, 2019).

Dietician is important in diabetes management and rationale in that, he/she will help to achieve the best diabetes control through best understanding of condition and appropriate way of using medication.diabetician will be of great important in such a situation of trying to find the reasons for why Michael is depressed, obese and eat more outside (Leporini et al., 2019). The dietician will help to subscribe to the best nutrition, medication, and disease control lifestyle.

Among the evidence-based intervention for medical adherence includes

Packaging and daily reminders-this This will help the sick to take their medication and schedule medical checkups.

Behavioral intervention-this modifies sick behavior towards medication (Blaslov et al., 2018).

Coaching or peer support from the same disease group-this will increase the patient’s morale to take medication.

The best tool for measuring depression in Michael is the symptom-based relating scale; this is the best tool because this tool assigns number values to a wide range of patient behavior, effects and feelings, and this tool is not expected to provide an alternative for good medical diagnosis, this tool will provide the best diagnosis based on Michael behavior using his body weight, behavior, the meals he takes and all the symptoms described, using this tool will provide the best diagnosis (Axelsson, 2019).

It is important to screen depression patients like Michael to help understand the reasons for their discomfort in their health status, especially in change of their body weight, behavior this include who they carry out their daily activities; it will also to understand the reasons why the patient is always deep in thoughts (Leporini et al., 2019). Also, the screening will be important as it will give more understanding of the new changes in someone, especially when they become uncomfortable with what they are used to.