Proceso de atención de enfermería en la diabetes mellitus tipo 2

Abstract

The Diabetes mellitus 2 is one of the chronic diseases with the greatest impact on the quality of life of the world population and is considered a real health problem; It is included in the group of diseases that cause physical disability due to its multi-organ complications; with an undeniable increase in morbidity and mortality in recent years Diabetes is defined as a heterogeneous syndrome that originates from the genetic-environmental interaction characterized by a deficiency in the secretion or action of insulin that produces acute complications. The application of the nursing care process based on the Dorothea Orem Theory is essential in the prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus, which allows us to value the individual as a biological, rational and thinking organism. The DM2 has been established as one of the most prevalent diseases worldwide and locally, in Ecuador it constitutes the second cause of general death in 2017, it is a chronic disease of diverse etiology, the most frequent being those related to factors environmental and genetic, which could be modifiable. Type 2 diabetes mellitus is necessarily related to obesity and therefore to insulin resistance. The present work aims to carry out care plans for the prevention of Diabetes Mellitus 2 based on the theory of Dorothea Orem. The methodology used to carry out this research is descriptive, scientific information was obtained from various databases