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Glucose Regulation, An Issue of Nursing Clinics. The Clinics: Nursing Volume 52-4

  • Book

  • February 2018
  • Elsevier Health Science
  • ID: 4377988

Diabetes affects over 29 million United States citizens and is the 7th leading cause of death, accounting for 23.9 per 100,000. Proper nursing care of the patient with diabetes is critical to the patient's wellbeing. The treatment of diabetes has been changing rapidly. The articles in this issue cover statistics, pathophysiology, and the current treatment recommendations written in a very practical manor for the bedside or clinic nurse who is not up to date on the latest recommendations and is not an expert in diabetes management. Cecelia Leveque has assembled top authors to write aritcles on the following topics: Review of 2017 Diabetes Standards of Care; Management of Type 1 Diabetes; Management of Type 2 Diabetes; Non-insulin Diabetes Medications; Insulin therapy; Pre-Diabetes; Management of Lipids in Patients with Diabetes; Management of Hypertension in Patients with Diabetes; Insulin Pump Therapy; Hypoglycemia in Patients with Diabetes; Outpatient Diabetes Education; Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients with Diabetes; Management of Children with Diabetes; and Management of Diabetes in Rotating Shift Workers.

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Table of Contents

Nursing Clinics of North America

Glucose Regulation

Foreword: Diabetes: A Health Threat on the Rise

Preface: Glucose Regulation

Management of Type 1 Diabetes

The How-To for Type 2: An Overview of Diagnosis and Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Noninsulin Diabetes Medications

Insulin Therapy: The Old, the New, and the Novel-An Overview

A Primer on Insulin Pump Therapy for Health Care Providers

Hypoglycemia in Diabetes

Management Strategies for Patients with Diabetic Kidney Disease and Chronic Kidney Disease in Diabetes

Management of Diabetes in Children and Adolescents

Management of Lipids in Patients with Diabetes

Review of 2017 Diabetes Standards of Care

Prediabetes: Beyond the Borderline

Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes for Diabetes Mellitus

Special Article: Pain Management in Older Adults (electronic)

Authors

Celia M. Levesque The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.