Diabetes : the basics -- Treatment : medical nutrition management -- Treatment : physical activity -- Treatment : medication -- Glycemic control -- Chronic complications -- The healthcare professional as teacher -- Teaching and motivating children with diabetes and their parents -- Teaching and motivating adolescents and their parents -- Teaching and motivating adults -- Diabetes and mental illness -- Client noncompliance (nonadherence)
Summary
This is an optimistic and empowering approach to the daunting task of teaching diabetes patients to care for themselves. Written by a highly respected diabetes educator who has suffered with diabetes for 25 years, the guide provides the clinical and personal expertise that will help nurses and other health professionals to successfully teach diabetes self-management and compliance to adults, children, adolescents, and parents. The book contains a vast reservoir of information ranging from a thorough overview of diabetes and the physical and emotional toll of living with the disease to number o
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Print version record, electronic version viewed October 24, 2017
