Patient Education
Customised education handout for diabetic foot patients
PRACTITIONER RESOURCES WITH CLINIC PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL
Are you sick of patients asking you the same questions. Why is my wound not healing?
Are you frustrated why they ask the same questions and do not remember what you told them the last visit.
Doctor/nurse its YOUR job to heal the wound.
Think… do you remember all that was said and what to you when you visited a medical practitioner, physio etc. I bet you remember half of it.
Diabetic foot resources in the form of visual handouts, magnets are great for patient to understand their issues. They can discuss this with their family members and carers and apply a magnet on the fridge.
Click on the link to buy this notepad as a diabetic foot educational resource. You will be taken to a site where you can customise your name and address to promote your business and educate the patient and family.
How to use this pad
- Use this tear off notepad to discuss why your diabetic foot patient has a wound, by circling the areas that is specific to them. The most common issues in diabetic foot disease is diabetes, immune system, loss of feeling, deformity, footwear, blood supply and increasingly kidney disease.
- You can write in any language or just leave as pictures for non english speakers.
- Those that cannot read can understand the meanings of the icons.
Notebook for writing patient notes
Use this for patient notes. Jot down a summary of their issue and last treatment plan, and what follow up was to be done by this consult.
Did you check their bloods, swab, xray, scan and what were the results? Do you have to chase it up before they come.
Jotting down and then discussing with the patient helps me remember what to do and makes the patient think wow they really know my case, even though you may not have seen them before.