Contents;

CompliCations

Diabetes Care and Management

Special populationS

Diseases and Treatments That Affect Diabetes

Diabetes Care in Community Settings

Resources

Index

This new edition of the Complete Nurse's Guide to Diabetes Care is a comprehensive resource for all nurses who work with diabetes patients. Find expert advice on: the fundamentals of diabetes care; recent research on complications and associated diseases; numerous care and management approaches; how diabetes affects women, children, and the elderly; and practical issues, such as the effects of anxiety, depression, and polypharmacy. Common terms and phrases: achieve addition adjustments adults American Diabetes Association appropriate areas assessment behavior blood glucose levels carbohydrate cause changes child chronic clinical common complications considered continuous cultural daily decrease depression Diabetes Care Diabetes Educ diabetic ketoacidosis diagnosis diet disease dose eating effects evaluation exercise factors foot frequent function glucose control glycemic control goals heart hospital hypoglycemia identify important improve increased indicate individuals initial injection insulin interventions lead lifestyle loss lower meal medications mg/dl monitoring myocardial infarction normal nurse nutrition occur oral outcomes patients with diabetes person physical activity Position practice pregnancy prevent problem professional pump recommended reduce renal require response result risk role screening self-management setting severe skills skin strategies symptoms Table therapy tion treat treatment type 2 diabetes usually weight women