What Nurses Know-- DiabetesWhat Nurses Know-- Diabetes
"It deals with the basics of diabetes, what it is and how it affects people who have it. It is important to understand the types of diabetes; how they differ; how to prevent them, especially with regard to type 2 diabetes; and how each is treated. It discusses physical activity that does not have to be what most people would consider exercise.Medications are discussed"--
Honorable Mention: Foreword Book of the Year Health 2010
In the US, 23.6 million people-7.8 percent of the population-have diabetes. Diabetes can lead to serious complications, including blindness, kidney damage, cardiovascular disease, peripheral neuropathy and lower-limb amputations. People with diabetes can lower the occurrence of these and other diabetes complication by controlling blood glucose, blood pressure, and blood lipids.
What Nurses Know...Diabetes sheds new light on this disease from a trusted source: nurses.
This book will provide down-to-earth information and explain clearly what a reader needs to know and wants to know to understand about diabetes so they can move forward with their lives. Special Features Include
- Numerous call-out boxes with What Nurses Know "
- Definitions of Common Terms
- Resources, online tools, and specific websites to those living with diabetes
Nurses hold a critical role in modern health care that goes beyond their day-to-day duties. They share more information with patients than any other provider group, and are alongside patients twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, offering understanding of complex health issues, holistic approaches to ailments, and advice for the patient that extends to the family.
Nurses themselves are a powerful tool in the healing process. What Nurses Know gives down-to-earth information, addresses consumers as equal partners in their care, and explains clearly what readers need to know and wants to know to understand their condition and move forward with their lives.
"Mertig, a nurse and retired nursing and nutrition educator who has Type 1 diabetes, draws from her experience to provide information to patients about managing diabetes. Organizing chapters by common questions, she explains what the disease is and how it affects people, what can be eaten, the importance of exercise, how medications help, glucose monitoring, how to prevent chronic complications like hypertension and heart disease, pregnancy issues and gestational diabetes, the effects of emotions on blood sugar, getting support, and how friends and family can help, with tips drawn from nursing knowledge throughout. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Over 23 million American live with diabetes, and many will experience serious complications like blindness, kidney damage, and cardiovascular disease. Knowing how to control blood glucose, blood pressure, and blood lipids is essential. What Nurses Know . . . Diabetes offers timely advice on living with diabetes from a trusted source: nurses. Simply organized and cleanly written, What Nurses Know . . . Diabetes provides individuals and their families, friends, and health care practitioners with the information they want and need. Special features include numerous sidebars and call out boxes with "Nurses Notes," definitions of common terms, resources, online tools, websites to help those with living with diabetes, and lists of support groups.
Honorable Mention: Foreword Book of the Year Health 2010
In the US, 23.6 million people-7.8 percent of the population-have diabetes. Diabetes can lead to serious complications, including blindness, kidney damage, cardiovascular disease, peripheral neuropathy and lower-limb amputations. People with diabetes can lower the occurrence of these and other diabetes complication by controlling blood glucose, blood pressure, and blood lipids.
What Nurses Know...Diabetes sheds new light on this disease from a trusted source: nurses.
This book will provide down-to-earth information and explain clearly what a reader needs to know and wants to know to understand about diabetes so they can move forward with their lives. Special Features Include
- Numerous call-out boxes with What Nurses Know "
- Definitions of Common Terms
- Resources, online tools, and specific websites to those living with diabetes
Nurses hold a critical role in modern health care that goes beyond their day-to-day duties. They share more information with patients than any other provider group, and are alongside patients twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, offering understanding of complex health issues, holistic approaches to ailments, and advice for the patient that extends to the family.
Nurses themselves are a powerful tool in the healing process. What Nurses Know gives down-to-earth information, addresses consumers as equal partners in their care, and explains clearly what readers need to know and wants to know to understand their condition and move forward with their lives.
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