Nurses' Guide to Teaching Diabetes Self-Management, Second Edition : Second Edition.
Title:
Nurses' Guide to Teaching Diabetes Self-Management, Second Edition : Second Edition.
Author:
Mertig, Rita Girouard, MS, RNC, CNS, DE.
ISBN:
9780826108289
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (327 pages)
Contents:
Cover Page -- Half Title Page -- About the Author -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- PART I THE DIABETES CONUNDRUM -- 1. Diabetes: The Basics -- How Insulin Works -- Classification of Diabetes -- Diagnostic Criteria -- Genetics of Diabetes -- What Is on the Horizon for Prevention and Cure? -- Type 1 Diabetes -- Type 2 Diabetes -- 2. Treatment: Medical Nutritional Therapy -- Nutrition -- Carbohydrates -- Protein -- Fats -- Nutrition Labels -- Weight Loss -- The Sleep-Weight Connection -- Old Food Pyramid Versus 2010 Dietary Guidelines -- Carbohydrate Counting -- Alcohol: Pros and Cons -- Sick-Day Management -- 3. Treatment: Physical Activity -- What Counts as Physical Activity -- Types of Exercise -- Benefits of Exercise -- How Much and How Often? -- How to Increase Physical Activity -- Potential Problems With Exercise -- 4. Treatment: Medication -- Oral Antidiabetic Medications -- Medications That Increase Insulin Production -- Medications That Decrease Insulin Resistance -- Medicines That Slow Intestinal Absorption of Carbohydrates -- Central Acting Medications -- Dopamine D3 Agonist -- Injectable Antidiabetic Medication -- Insulin -- Types of Insulin -- How to Measure and Inject Insulin -- Insulin Analogs -- Insulin Pumps -- V-Go Disposable Insulin Delivery Device -- Other Injectable Diabetes Medication -- How to Dispose of Medication Safely -- New Diabetes Medications on the Horizon -- How a New Drug or Product Gets Approved -- What Is on the Horizon for New Meds and Delivery Systems -- 5. Glycemic Control -- Hyperglycemia -- Factors That Raise Blood Sugar -- Hypoglycemia -- Factors That Decrease Blood Sugar -- Hypoglycemia Unawareness -- The Blood Glucose-Sleep Connection -- Blood Glucose Monitoring -- Continuous Blood Glucose Monitors.
What Is on the Horizon for Future Glycemic Control? -- 6. Chronic Complications -- Heart and Blood Vessel Disease -- Coronary Heart Disease -- Sleep Apnea -- Atherosclerosis -- Hypertension -- Stroke (or Brain Attack) -- Peripheral Arterial Disease -- Vision Problems -- Retinopathy -- Cataracts and Glaucoma -- Kidney Damage (Nephropathy) -- Hemodialysis -- Peritoneal Dialysis -- Kidney Transplantation -- Nerve Damage (Neuropathy) -- Peripheral Neuropathy -- Foot Care -- Charcot's Joint -- Autonomic Neuropathy -- Teeth and Gum Problems -- Musculoskeletal System -- Frozen Shoulder -- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome -- Trigger Finger -- Skin Problems -- Diabetic Dermopathy -- Acanthosis Nigricans -- Necrobiosis Lipoidica -- Fungal Infections -- Bacterial Infections -- Wound Care -- PART II DIABETES SELF-MANAGEMENT -- 7. The Healthcare Professional as Teacher -- What Do Clients With Diabetes Need to Know? -- Assessment Guidelines -- Goals of Client Education -- Data Gathering for Customizing Client Care -- Interventions Using Learning Principles -- Evaluating Teaching -- 8. Teaching and Motivating Children With Diabetes and Their Parents -- What Is It Like to Have a Child With Diabetes? -- Ages and Stages -- Baby/Toddler Years -- The School-Age Child -- The Prepubescent Child -- Another Child in the Family Is Diagnosed With Diabetes -- Diabetes and the High School-Aged Child -- Parental Missteps -- High School Sports and Diabetes -- Responsibilities of the Student Athlete With Diabetes -- Responsibilities of the Parent or Guardian -- Responsibilities of the Coach of a Diabetic Athlete -- Responsibilities of the School Nurse -- Responsibilities of the Healthcare Professional of a Diabetic Athlete -- An Appointment at the Pediatric Endocrinologist -- A Request to Healthcare Providers From a Parent of a Diabetic.
9. Teaching and Motivating Adolescents and Their Parents -- The Transition to Self-Care -- Balancing Parental Involvement -- Teaching and Promoting Adolescent Adherence -- Addressing Nonadherence -- Special Concerns -- Depression -- Insulin Omission and Eating Disorders -- Substance Use/Abuse -- Summary -- 10. Teaching and Motivating Adults -- Diabetes and Pregnancy -- Pregestational Diabetes -- Gestational Diabetes -- Teaching and Motivating Pregnant Clients -- Genetic Implications of Diabetes -- Potential Impact of Diabetes in Adulthood -- Family Life and Conflicting Demands -- Discrimination in Employment -- Health Insurance -- Self-Esteem and Sexual Concerns -- Seniors and Diabetes -- 11. Diabetes and Mental Illness -- Diabetes and Depression -- The Chicken or the Egg? -- Challenges in the Management of Co-Occurring Depression and Diabetes -- Diagnosis -- What You Can Do -- Treating Depression: Antidepressant Medications -- Diabetes and Chronic, Severe Mental Illnesses -- Antipsychotic Medications and Hyperglycemia -- What You Can Do -- Teaching and Motivating Clients With Mental Illnesses -- 12. Client Noncompliance (Nonadherence) -- Definitions -- The "Can't" Category -- Financial Considerations -- Physical Limitations -- Deficient Knowledge -- Literacy -- Culture -- Religious Constraints -- Support System -- The "Won't" Category -- Denial -- Anger and Frustration -- Depression -- Stress and Excessive Fear -- Fatalism -- Diabetes Burnout -- Self-Determination -- Values Clarification -- Use of the Internet -- Attitude Is Everything (Yours and Theirs) -- Appendix A: Glossary -- Appendix B: Resources -- Index -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
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 of teaching and motivating strategies that health care professionals can use to create individualized approaches to teaching self-management skills. The guide provides up-to-date information on drug therapies, nutrition management, exercise, chronic complications, glycemic control, diabetes in children, adolescents, and adults, diabetes in adults with special needs or mental illness, and diabetes noncompliance. Addressing the most important and current topics necessary for successful self-regulation and maintenance of diabetes, this innovative desk reference provides a quick guide and instructional tool for nurses and other health professionals who interact with diabetics. This new edition provides: Clinical guidance and expertise to successfully teach diabetes self-management to adults, adolescents, and children The clinical expertise of a leading diabetes educator and the hard-earned personal wisdom of an author who has suffered with diabetes for 25 years A new chapter on chronic complications that describes a multitude of helpful new treatments A greatly expanded section on nutrition and exercise Thoroughly updated chapters A "must read" chapter on noncompliance, including why this occurs and how to prevent it.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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