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Nurses' guide to teaching diabetes self-management / Rita Girouard Mertig.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mertig, Rita G., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diabetes--Nursing.
- Diabetes.
- Patient education.
- Self-care, Health.
- Nurse and patient.
- Diabetes Mellitus--therapy.
- Patient Education as Topic.
- Diabetes Mellitus--psychology.
- Nurse-Patient Relations.
- Self Care--psychology.
- Self Care.
- Medical Subjects:
- Diabetes Mellitus--therapy.
- Patient Education as Topic.
- Diabetes Mellitus--psychology.
- Nurse-Patient Relations.
- Self Care--psychology.
- Self Care.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 308 pages)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Other Title:
- Teaching diabetes self-management
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Springer Pub., c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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
- 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 families with young children / by Kearsten Adams
- Teaching and motivating adolescents and their parents / by Bev Baliko
- Teaching and motivating adults
- Teaching and motivating clients with psychiatric/mental health issues / by Bev Baliko
- Client noncompliance.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Mertig, Rita G. Nurses' guide to teaching diabetes self-management.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-12880-1
- 9786613532688
- 0-8261-0828-8
- OCLC:
- 778067475
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