Setting up a fast-track insulin start clinic for type 2 diabetes
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A fast-track service is set up at the diabetes center at Leicester General Hospital to enable general practitioners and practice nurses to refer to a nurse-led service to treat type 2 diabetes. The main objective of the fast-track nurse-led diabetes clinic is to avoid waiting lists and prevent the delay that is often associated with starting insulin therapy and it is made possible by the reduction in follow-up and the faster discharge to the primary care team.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2005
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Diabetes: Blood glucose monitoring
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People with diabetes need to know the glucose level in their blood to make sure their condition is under control. There should be 4-7 mmol of glucose in one litre of blood. Sufferers cannot tell properly if their glucose levels are at the correct level just by how they are feeling. Levels can be ascertained by blood-sticks or electronic meters.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1995
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Diabetes: blood glucose monitoring
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Diabetes is discussed with emphasis on the importance of monitoring blood glucose accurately for its management. The proper techniques needed for monitoring blood glucose are described.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2001
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