Care of People with Diabetes (eBook)

A Manual of Nursing Practice

Trisha Dunning (Autor)

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2008 | 1. Auflage
320 Seiten
Wiley (Verlag)
978-1-4051-5186-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic disease affecting a large percentage of the population world-wide. In the UK alone there are over 1.4 million people diagnosed with diabetes, a new diagnosis of type 2 diabetes is made every five minutes, and as many as a million people are suspected to have the condition without knowing it. As many as one in ten patients in hospital have diabetes and diabetes accounts for almost a tenth of NHS spending, largely due to the high costs of complications such as heart disease, blindness, kidney disease, stroke, and amputation which all require specialist nursing care.

This manual is an essential guide to the care and management of people with diabetes mellitus, aimed at nurses and healthcare professionals, and written by an experienced clinical nurse specialist with extensive knowledge of evidence-based diabetes care. This revised and updated second edition of Care of People with Diabetes serves as an essential companion to clinical practice with a particular emphasis on the acute care setting.

Detailed information is included on the underlying pathophysiology and types of diabetes, assessment and management of diabetes, formulating care plans, and patient instruction. New chapters are included on sexual health, older people, and complementary therapies and the chapter on special circumstances has been substantially revised. Important new information is also included on corticosteroids, brittle diabetes, autonomic neuropathy, teeth, gums and haemochromatosis.

Trisha Dunning is a Clinical Nurse Consultant in Diabetes Education at the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

Inhalt

1. Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes.

2. Assessment and Nursing Diagnosis.

3. Documenting and Charting Patient Care.

4. Monitoring Diabetes Mellitus.

5. Nutritional Aspects of Caring for People with Diabetes.

6. Oral Hypoglycaemia and Lipid Lowering Agents.

7. Insulin Therapy.

8. Hypoglycaemia.

9. Stabilization of Diabetes.

10. Hyperglycaemia, Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA), HyperosmolarComa and Lactic Acidosis.

11. Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes.

12. Management During Surgical Procedures.

13. Care During Investigative Procedures.

14. Special Situations and Unusual Conditions Related toDiabetes.

15. Diabetes and Eye Disease.

16. Diabetes and Renal Disease.

17. Diabetes and Sexual Health.

18. Diabetes in the Older Person.

19. Foot Care.

20. Diabetes in Children and Adolescents.

21. Diabetes in Pregnancy and Gestational Diabetes.

22. Psychological and Quality of Life Issues Related to HavingDiabetes.

23. Diabetes Education.

24. Discharge Planning.

25. District Nursing and Domiciliary Care.

26. Complementary Therapies and Diabetes.

27. Nursing Care in the Emergency and OutpatientDepartments.

Appendix.

Index.

Rezensionen

"The information is very general and succinct, and is ideal foruse in the clinical setting...This is a very readable andwell-written book, with readily accessible and up-to-dateinformation and advice".

Inprint (on first edition)

"The book is well written and presented. It is certainlyuser-friendly...The manual is an excellent guide to specificnursing action needed in the care of people with diabetes. I wouldbe happy to see a copy on every hospital ward".

Journal of Nursing Management (on first edition)

"The stated intention of the editor of this book is toprovide an easy-to-use reference for practising nurses as well as aresource for students. It serves this purpose well".

Nursing Times (on first edition)

'All these factors would be enough to distinguish this book as amust for health professionals, both generalists as well asspecialists in diabetes care. However the sound basis of theauthor's extensive practical knowledge and experience and herapproach to the person as an individual whose quality of life mustbe considered adds a further important dimension. All in all anessential resource for hospital libraries and individual healthprofessional's reference libraries.'

Australian Diabetes Educators Association Magazine

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.4.2008
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Diabetologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Pflegemanagement / Qualität / Recht
• Schlagworte: Community Nursing • Gemeindekrankenpflege • Krankenpflege • nursing
• ISBN-10: 1-4051-5186-2 / 1405151862
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-5186-3 / 9781405151863