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" What nurses know-- diabetes / "
Rita Girouard Mertig.
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BL
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691428
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b513617
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| Main Entry
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Mertig, Rita G.
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| Title & Author
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What nurses know-- diabetes /\ Rita Girouard Mertig.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Demos Health,, 2011.
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What nurses know--
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xix, 292 pages ;; 23 cm.
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1932603980 (pbk.)
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: 9781932603989 (pbk.)
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| Notes
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"The answers you need from the people you trust"--Cover.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Abstract
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"It deals with the basics of diabetes, what it is and how it affects people who have it. It is important to understand the types of diabetes; how they differ; how to prevent them, especially with regard to type 2 diabetes; and how each is treated. It discusses physical activity that does not have to be what most people would consider exercise.Medications are discussed"--
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"Over 23 million American live with diabetes, and many will experience serious complications like blindness, kidney damage, and cardiovascular disease. Knowing how to control blood glucose, blood pressure, and blood lipids is essential. What Nurses Know-- Diabetes offers timely advice on living with diabetes from a trusted source: nurses. Simply organized and cleanly written, What Nurses Know-- Diabetes provides individuals and their families, friends, and health care practitioners with the information they want and need. Special features include numerous sidebars and call out boxes with "Nurses Notes," definitions of common terms, resources, online tools, websites to help those with living with diabetes, and lists of support groups"--
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Diabetes, Popular works.
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Patient education.
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Diabetes Mellitus.
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Patient Education as Topic.
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616.4/62
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RC660.4.M47 2011
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| Parallel Title
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Diabetes
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