TY - BOOK AU - Dunning,Trisha TI - Care of people with diabetes: a manual of nursing practice SN - 9781405170901 (pbk.) : AV - RC660 .D785 2009 U1 - 616.4620231 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Chichester PB - Wiley-Blackwell KW - Diabetes KW - Nursing KW - Treatment KW - Diabetes Mellitus KW - nursing KW - Handbook N1 - Previous ed.: Oxford: Blackwell Science, 2003; Includes bibliographical references and index; Diagnosing and classifying diabetes -- Assessment and nursing diagnosis -- Monitoring diabetes mellitus -- Nutritional aspects of caring for people with diabetes -- Medication commonly used in diabetes management -- Hypoglycaemia -- Hyperglycaemia, diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), hyperosmolar coma and lactic acidosis -- Long term complications of diabetes -- Management during surgical and investigative procedures -- Special situations and unusual conditions related to diabetes -- Diabetes and sexual health -- Diabetes in the older person -- Diabetes in children and adolescents -- Women, pregnancy, and gestational diabetes -- Psychological and quality of life issues related to having diabetes -- Diabetes education -- Discharge planning -- Community and primary care nursing and home-based care -- Complementary therapies and diabetes -- Managing diabetes in the emergency situations N2 - Besides the 1.4 million UK patients suffering diabetes, up to a million have the condition without realising it. This manual of nursing practice has been revised and updated. It includes guidelines on the care of diabetic patients to enable consistent care and improved patient outcomes ER -