As a diabetes educator, you know that a diagnosis of diabetes need not be a death sentence, nor a lifetime of “hard labor” under the cruel taskmasters of acute and long-term complications . . .
You know that people can live well with diabetes, and that some actually live healthier, fuller lives after diagnosis. They take responsibility for self-care, and rise to the challenge of achieving an active, balanced lifestyle . . .
Why the difference? Why do some clients go on to achieve greater health and energy than before, while others suffer multiple complications and attendant misery? Part of it is just the nature of the disease and the overall health of the individual, of course, but personal choice plays a role. In fact, of all the chronic conditions, diabetes is the most amenable to self-care strategies to prevent or delay complications.
And that’s why . . .
To Teach, To Learn, To Live: The Complete Diabetes Education Guide for Health Care Professionals, Second Edition (2006) features 34 sets of photocopiable Client Guidelines on such crucial topics as monitoring blood glucose, preventing complications, staying positive and motivated, eating well, losing weight, improving sleep patterns, taking medication, preparing for pregnancy, maintaining a commercial driver’s license, air travel and more.
- Eliminate time-consuming searches for just the right information to meet your clients’ needs!
- Use clear, step-by-step guidelines in everyday language that tell them WHAT to do and WHY to do it that way.
- Select the guidelines each client needs when s/he needs them.
- Enlarge them for the person who is visually impaired.
- Post them on the fridge or laminate them to carry in a wallet or purse.
- Make copies for caregivers . . .
With the purchase of To Teach, To Learn, To Live: The Complete Diabetes Education Guide for Health Care Professionals, Second Edition (2006), these guidelines are yours to copy for your clients and their caregivers—to help them learn the skills they need to live well with diabetes!
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Example of Client Guidelines - Page 109.
CLIENT GUIDELINES: Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose
- Wash your hands to clean away sugary substances. Any contamination can dramatically affect results because the blood samples are so small.
- Ensure the skin is dry, as moisture on the hands can also affect results.
- Alcohol should not normally be used to cleanse the site because it can cause drying and cracking of the skin. However, if you choose to use alcohol, be sure to dry the skin thoroughly afterwards. Failure to do so may affect results.
- Ensure test strips are fresh. Use them within three months of opening the container, as
outdated strips may yield false results.
- Keep test strips in the original container. They are sensitive to light and humidity.
- Ensure the monitor is coded to the current test strip lot number (some monitors are self-coding).
- Ensure the lancet is sharp and the lancing device is set at the correct depth so that an adequate blood sample can be obtained without squeezing the site.
- Warm the finger or alternate site by massaging or holding under warm water so the blood is at the surface.
- Lance the outer side of fingertip or at alternate site as recommended.
- Lower your hand (if using fingertip or base of thumb). Allow an adequate-sized drop of blood to form naturally. This may take 5–10 seconds. Avoid squeezing the site to get enough blood, as the higher level of interstitial fluid will alter results.
- Hold the drop of blood to the test strip end for a few seconds to ensure the strip is full. Otherwise, the monitor may give a false-low result or no result at all.
- Test the monitor regularly with the control solution(s), especially if you do not have ready access to laboratory services.
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