Diabetes nurse practitioner role in a day oncology unit

Diabetes nurse practitioner role in a day oncology unit

Abstract Rationale Diabetes is a common co-morbidity in cancer patients.1,2,5,7,8 Maintaining glucose control in this patient cohort can be difficult in the setting of nausea, vomiting and weight loss.3,4 Furthermore, cancer treatment regimens frequently include glucocorticoids which cause hyperglyc...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal for nurse practitioners 2017-07, Vol.13 (7), p.e347-e348
Hauptverfasser: Loh, Margaret, Mulrooney, Elizabeth, MacIsaac, Richard, Steele, Kathleen
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Cancer
Diabetes
Disease management
Glucose
Nurse practitioners
Patients
Roles
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract Rationale Diabetes is a common co-morbidity in cancer patients.1,2,5,7,8 Maintaining glucose control in this patient cohort can be difficult in the setting of nausea, vomiting and weight loss.3,4 Furthermore, cancer treatment regimens frequently include glucocorticoids which cause hyperglycaemia.9 Our hospital has developed a nationally accepted, consensus diabetes management guideline...
ISSN:1555-4155
1878-058X
DOI:10.1016/j.nurpra.2017.05.074