Mrs Rana Zakarya
- Specialities
- Endocrinology / Diabetes
- Languages
- English, Arabic
Core competencies
- Helping patients to learn basic information about diabetes and its management
- Education of patients about use of diabetes devices such as blood glucose meter, insulin pens, insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors
- Introduction and adaptation of healthy eating habits through nutrition education, meal planning, weight loss strategies and other disease-specific nutrition counselling
- Developing problem solving strategies and skills to self-manage diabetes
- Monitoring of blood glucose and teaching patients how to interpret and appropriately respond to results
- Education of patients about how medications work, action, side effects, efficacy, toxicity, prescribed dosage
- Assist patients in developing skills for handling stressful situations
Profile
- Nationality
- Syrian
- Summary
- Ms Rana joined Al Noor hospital in 2007, where she was appointed as patient and Family Health Educator. After 7 years in Al Ain, Rana moved to a private hospital as a Diabetic Educator, where she spent next 7 years. In February 2021, Ms Rana joined Mediclinic Al Jowhara hospital as a Diabetic Educator.
Qualification
- Graduate - General Nursing College
Diabetic Management Course in Leicester Diabetes Center
Diabetic Management Course at Harvard Medical School
Contact
Practices at
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Mediclinic Al Jowhara Hospital
Diabetic Educator
In department Endocrinology / Diabetes