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kload is 62-year old Mel Ferrer. Mel was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was 7-years old. He has been hospitalised because he is finding it difficult to control his glucose levels after a recent illness. Mel is also complaining that his eyesight is deteriorating. The doctors suspect that this is retinopathy. (a) Explain to Mel, what is retinopathy? (b) Describe the appropriate eye care for a person with diabetes and identify one(1) specialist service that Mel could be referred to.?

kload is 62-year old Mel Ferrer. Mel was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was 7-years old. He has been hospitalised because he is finding it difficult to control his glucose levels after a recent illness. Mel is also complaining that his eyesight is deteriorating. The doctors suspect that this is retinopathy. (a) Explain to Mel, what is retinopathy? (b) Describe the appropriate eye care for a person with diabetes and identify one(1) specialist service that Mel could be referred to.?

Phlebotomy Essentials
Phlebotomy Essentials
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Suppose you are a student EN completing your final placement in an acute care facility.  One of the patients in your workload is 62-year old Mel Ferrer. Mel was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was 7-years old. He has been hospitalised because he is finding it difficult to control his glucose levels after a recent illness. Mel is also complaining that his eyesight is deteriorating. The doctors suspect that this is retinopathy.

(a) Explain to Mel, what is retinopathy?

(b) Describe the appropriate eye care for a person with diabetes and identify one(1) specialist service that Mel could be referred to.? 

 

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