Abstract
Diabetes mellitus remains prevalent chronic disease and rising global health challenge, contributing substantially to morbidity, mortality, and escalating healthcare costs. Mismanagement of diabetes is a critical factor that compromises glycemic control, leading to preventable complications and increased world-wide costs. This Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project aims to implement a structured Diabetes Self-Management Care (DSMC) protocol within a primary care setting to improve self-management care for increase healthy literacy, enhance behaviors obstacles, improve clinical care, mitigate socioeconomic and environmental determinants among adult patients with diabetes. The project employs an evidence-based framework guided by the Transtheoretical Model of behavior change to facilitate progressive improvements in self-management practices. Methods include the integration of structured Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) sessions, collaboration with clinical educators for culturally tailored educational interventions addressing interrelated behavioral, clinical, socioeconomic, and environmental determinants of health. The anticipated health outcomes from the DNP project include improved medication adherence, enhanced patient engagement in self-care, and measurable reductions in diabetes-related complications. Beyond patient benefits, this DNP project seeks to contribute to nursing scholarship by advancing evidence-based strategies that support preventive care, promote population health, and reduce healthcare disparities for sustainable improvements in chronic disease management through data-informed, patient-centered care.
Presenters
Diana Liz FruzzaStudent, Doctorate of Nursing Practice, Samuel Merritt University, California, United States Melia Formento
Assistant Professor, Graduate Nursing, Samuel Merritt University, California, United States
