Diabetes and neuropathy?

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what is the nurse's primary focus when a pt has diabetes and neuropathy? i keep coming back to skin integrity being the most important due to the loss of sensation. but is there something more important to assess and monitor?

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Specializes in Urgent Care NP, Emergency Nursing, Camp Nursing.

I'd personally would rate the patient's blood glucose management as a higher priority, as it'll kill them quicker if it gets screwed up.

Then again, I'm still just a nursing student, so I could be wrong.

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Hello...

I second the suggestion of the Diabetes, there may be further complications...

Diabetic Ketoacidosis can result... which can lead to coma and death... etc... yet Skin Integrity is important aswell..

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