Care of People with Diabetes is an essential guide to the care and management of people with diabetes mellitus, with particular emphasis on the acute care setting. Written by an experienced clinical nurse specialist with extensive knowledge of evidence-based diabetes care, this fully updated fourth edition serves as an essential companion to clinical practice for nurses and healthcare professionals.
People with diabetes experience a high symptom and self-care burden associated with managing their condition, and require appropriate support, advice and regular monitoring. Similarly, health professionals need to maintain and keep up-to-date with an ever-increasing body of knowledge in order to help people with diabetes incorporate new research into their self-care. Care of People with Diabetes provides an extensive overview of the knowledge base all health professionals require to work effectively with people with diabetes.
Special features:
* Comprehensive clinical manual on an ever-more prevalent condition, written to meet the needs of nurses and healthcare professionals
* Includes new material on evaluating education programmes, cystic fibrosis-related diabetes, diabetes and sleep apnoea, and end-of-life care
* Provides key evidence for best practice
* Includes protocols for consistent care and improving patient outcomes
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"Care of People with Diabetes is an essential guide to the care and management of people with diabetes mellitus, with particular emphasis on the acute care setting. Written by an experienced clinical nurse specialist with extensive knowledge of evidence-based diabetes care, this fully updated fourth edition serves as an essential companion to clinical practice for nurses and healthcare professionals." (Newbooks.lib, 9 September 2014)
"However, whilst the book is a nursing manual, it would be a useful resource for any health professional involved in the care of people with diabetes." (Journal of Diabetes Nursing, 1 June 2014)
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Höhe: 24.4 cm
Breite: 19 cm
Dicke: 2.4 cm
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978-0-470-65919-9 (9780470659199)
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Professor Trisha Dunning is Inaugural Chair in Nursing at Deakin University and Barwon Health, Australia. She is an honorary Life Member of the Australian Diabetes Educators Association, a Vice President of the International Diabetes Federation and a distinguished Life Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing, Australia.
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Inaugural Chair in Nursing, Deakin University and Barwon Health, Australia
1 Diagnosing and Classifying Diabetes 1
2 Holistic Assessment, Nursing Diagnosis, and Documentation 44
3 Monitoring Diabetes Mellitus 60
4 Nutrition, Obesity and Exercise 84
5 Medicines Management 111
6 Hypoglycaemia 174
7 Hyperglycaemia, Acute Illness, Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA), Hyperosmolar Hyperglycaemic States (HHS), and Lactic Acidosis 198
8 Long-Term Complications of Diabetes 218
9 Management During Surgical and Investigative Procedures 277
10 Conditions Associated with Diabetes 300
11 Diabetes and Sexual and Reproductive Health 365
12 Diabetes in Older People 379
13 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents 422
14 Women, Pregnancy, and Gestational Diabetes 438
15 Psychological and Quality of Life Issues Related to Having Diabetes 463
16 Diabetes Education 483
17 Nursing Care in the Emergency, Intensive Care, Outpatient Departments, Community and Home-Based Care and Discharge Planning 516
18 Managing Diabetes at the End of Life 532
19 Complementary and Alternative Therapies 552
Index 575
