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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.

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

Care of People with Diabetes: A Manual of Nursing Practice

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 30011 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