Diabetes

’The readers most likely to benefit from this book would be student nurses.’

Title: Diabetes Head to Toe Author: Rita R Kalyani, Mark D Corriere, Thomas W Donner & Michael W Quartuccio Publisher: John Hopkins University Press Reviewer: Laura Payne, student nurse What was it like? Pitched at the lay…

The NHS Long Term Plan puts a focus on prevention with initiatives such as improvements to NHS premises to include healthier options of hospital food for staff and patients; increased education for frontline staff on nutrition and achieving a healthy weight; and doubling the capacity of the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme.

As a…

I have long been concerned about power and ‘parentalism’ in healthcare.

As a student nurse in the early 1980s – the times when there was a traditional ward round, with passive patients neatly in their beds – being talked at from on high by a retinue of fully dressed, white-coated ‘authorities’,…

Over the past several years there has been a positive shift in how type 2 diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance are managed. 

elaine and company Elaine Paisley (far left) and team Rather than accepting that type 2 diabetes is progressive and will inevitably deteriorate over time, we are now in…

’This is an excellent guide for students or qualified nurses.’

Title: Understanding Type 2 Diabetes Author: Professor Merlin Thomas Publisher: Exisle Publishing Reviewer: Jane Brown, Quality Governance Manager, Specialised Clinical Services Division Worcestershire Acute NHS Trust What was it like? This book is written by a professor who works closely with…

’This books should certainly been considered by anyone who wants to provide support in the field of diabetic care and management.’

Title: Principles of Diabetes Care, second edition Author: Anne Phillips Publisher: Quay Books  Reviewer: Anne Duell, ward sister, Birmingham Community NHS Foundation Trust What was it like? This book is…

Working on a physical health placement, mental health student nurse Emma was soon confronted with the disparity between mental and physical health services, the lack of mental health services and the difference in attitudes of mental and physical health nurses.

As World Mental Health day passed again on 10th October, it…

’This book should be read by anyone who has an interest in foot health whether as a podiatrist, nurse or physiotherapist.’

Title: Floor Play Author: Isobel Guckian Publisher: Barrett Business Communications Reviewer: Anne Duell, ward sister, Birmingham Community NHS Trust What was it like? From the outset it is clear…

Over-prescribing: yes it still happens. 

Despite numerous campaigns and interventions, over-prescribing still happens to individuals with a learning disability. A document published by the NHS this year outlines that in England, between 30,000 and 35,000 adults with a learning disability are being prescribed behaviour-modifying medication without diagnosis of a behavioural disorder…

I would recommend this book for any health care professional or student that is going to come across patients with hypertension in their place of work.

Title: Hypertension - second edition Author: Oxford Cardiology Library Publisher: Oxford University Press Reviewer: Jade Day, student nurse at Anglia Ruskin What was it…