Care of people with diabetes : a manual of nursing practice / Trisha Dunning.
Material type: TextPublication details: Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxvi, 530 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9781405170901 (pbk.) :
- 9781405170901 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1405170905 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9781405101110 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1405101113 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 616.4620231 22
- RC660 .D785 2009
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.
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.
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