Diabetes Care at a Glance The market-leading at a Glance series is popular among healthcare students and newly qualified practitioners for its concise, simple approach and excellent illustrations. Each bite-sized chapter is covered in a double-page spread with clear, easy-to-follow diagrams, supported by succinct explanatory text. Covering a wide range of topics, books in the at a Glance series are ideal as introductory texts for teaching, learning and revision, and are useful throughout university and beyond. Everything you need to know about Diabetes Care ... at a Glance! Diabetes affects a large proportion of the population and it is essential that student nurses, dietitians, podiatrists and other health practitioners and allied healthcare professionals be up to date with the support and treatment that people with diabetes need. Diabetes Care at a Glance contains the latest evidence-based and practical information underpinning diabetes care, illustrating the essential principles of partnership, individualised, and informed care in an easily accessible format. Edited by an expert in the field, with contributions from academics, practitioners and specialist nurses, Diabetes Care at a Glance covers topics such as: • Diabetes prevention, diagnosis of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, and consultation approaches and language matters • Promotion of healthy eating, physical activity promotion, promoting weight loss, and structured education in type 1 and type 2 diabetes • Prescriptions, emotional and psychological support, person-centred goal setting and assessing risk, and partnership working and adjustment • Anti-diabetes oral hypoglycaemics and GLP-1s, insulin options, administration and injection technique, pumps, and self-blood glucose monitoring Written for student nurses, allied healthcare professionals and newly qualified practitioners, Diabetes Care at a Glance is a highly valuable quick reference text, ideal for those looking for an introduction to the topic of diabetes, revision, or for those in need of a refresher. For more information on the complete range of Wiley nursing and health publishing, please visit: www.wiley.com To receive automatic updates on Wiley books and journals, join our email list. Sign up today at www.wiley.com/email All content reviewed by students for students Wiley nursing books are designed exactly for their intended audience. All of our books are developed in collaboration with students. This means that our books are always published with you, the student, in mind. If you would like to be one of our student reviewers, go to www.reviewnursingbooks.com to find out more. This new edition is also available as an e-book. For more details, please see www.wiley.com/buy/9781119841265
Contributors ix Acknowledgements x Part 1 Introduction 1 1 Diabetes prevention 2 2 Diagnosis of type 1 diabetes 4 3 Diagnosis of type 2 diabetes 6 4 Consultation approaches and language matters 8 Part 2 Principles of diabetes care 11 5 Promotion of healthy eating 12 6 Physical activity promotion 14 7 Promoting weight loss 16 8 Structured education in type 1 diabetes 18 9 Structured education in type 2 diabetes 20 10 Information prescriptions 22 11 Emotional and psychological support 24 12 Person-centred goal setting and assessing risk 26 13 Partnership working and adjustment to living with diabetes 28 Part 3 Pharmacological treatments 31 14 Oral antidiabetic medications 32 15 Insulin options 34 16 Insulin administration and injection technique 36 17 Insulin pump therapy 38 18 Self blood glucose monitoring 40 19 Continuous and flash glucose monitoring 42 20 Interpreting glucose data 44 21 Blood pressure and lipid management 46 Part 4 Acute complications 49 22 Recognizing and treating hypoglycaemia 50 23 Sick day advice 52 24 Diabetes-related ketoacidosis 54 25 Diabetes and steroids 56 Part 5 Life Stages 59 26 Transition 60 27 Preconception care and diabetes 62 28 Gestational diabetes 64 Part 6 Complications 67 29 Annual reviews in diabetes care 68 30 Neurovascular foot assessment 70 31 ACT NOW: A foot assessment tool 72 32 Types of ulcers and their presentations 74 33 Wound healing and tissue viability 76 Part 7 Risk reductions 79 34 Cardiovascular disease risk reduction 80 35 Neuropathic complications of diabetes 82 36 Nephropathic complications 84 37 Retinal screening 86 38 Retinopathy 88 39 Liver complications 90 40 Skin conditions in diabetes 92 41 Sexual dysfunction in people with diabetes 94 Part 8 Other considerations 97 42 Travel and diabetes 98 43 Monogenic diabetes 100 44 Older people with diabetes 102 45 Cognitive decline and diabetes 104 46 End of life and diabetes 106 Index 108
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