Nurses' guide to teaching diabetes self-management / Rita Girouard Mertig.

By:

Mertig, Rita G [author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780826108289
0826108288
6613532681
9786613532688

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

616.4/620231 23

LOC classification:

RC660 .M47 2012eb

NLM classification:

WK 850

Online resources:

EBSCOhost (requires login)

Contents:

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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Item type	Current library	URL	Status
Computer Files - cmm	TNU, Faculty of Nursing and Health Science Internet	Link to resource	Available

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record, electronic version viewed October 24, 2017.

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.