Nursing and Health Care

Diabetic nursing

Diabetes medical aid for patients that suffer from diabetes, a condition that affects the body's ability to produce or absorb enough insulin. This includes assisting patients in monitoring their blood glucose and medications, helping to reduce diabetic nerve damage, conducting nutritional therapy, handling with psychosocial issues and behavioral management. They also spend a substantial amount of  their time in educating patients and families on proper dietary, exercise and lifestyle habits to keep symptoms under control. These nurses even have also have a specialized knowledge of the endocrine system, including the hypothalamus, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenals, ductless gland and the reproductive glands. Diabetes nurses must possess excellent communication skills so as  to relay information between patients, physicians, family members and even insurance companies. They must also be compassionate as they're handling with a disease that is often chronic and may be life threatening. Many diabetes nurses become advocates for diabetes awareness and even persist to become diabetes educators.

Minimize diabetic nerve damage

Nutritional therapy

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