Article V. Mary Carolan From The Journal Of Clinical Nursing

Article V: Mary Carolan from the Journal of Clinical Nursing created an online qualitative study examining diabetes nurse educators’ experiences with GDM in women from disadvantaged backgrounds. The purpose of this study was to focus on barriers that contribute to GDM in women and how nurse educators can bring about change. Six diabetes nurse educators were chosen to participate in this study. Essential criteria for participation in this study included the following: the nurses needed to be accredited diabetes educators, they had to have significant experience or longer than one year working with patients who had gestational diabetes, and they had to be employed in the participating institution which was located in Australia. The six†¦show more content†¦Educators can assure that patients get the most out of sessions, demonstrating things to patients making material understandable and also by promoting greater awareness of GDM at a community level. Patients can be more willing to learn and by receiving material that is understandable they will be able to fully understand what changes need to be made (Carolan, 2014). A limitation of this study was the small sample size. Although the sample size was small, there was data saturation. Data saturation occurs when mostly all participants are stating the same information; this is a way of seeing that the information being obtained is of good quality. Overall this data is a good indicator of what it is like for nurse educators working with populations of low literacy and from disadvantaged backgrounds. Poor intellectual skills, poor diet habits and poor comprehension by patients can lead to an increased workload for nurses and also an increase in GDM. Problems like this occur today and is a main reason that burnout occurs in the nurse educator population. Article VI The article titled â€Å"Follow-Up of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in an Urban Safety Net Hospital: Missed Opportunities to Launch Preventive Care for Women† is a qualitative study from the Journal of Women’s Health. This study aimed at assessing follow-up care of patients with GDM in the postpartum period amongst a group of women with racial and ethnic