Abstract
This article, the first in a series of articles relating to clinical skills in nursing, outlines the procedure of capillary blood glucose monitoring. This is a convenient way of monitoring blood glucose patterns and can be a useful aid in guiding treatment changes in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, especially during periods of illness or frequent hypoglycaemia.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 35-8 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987) |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 38 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 16 Jun 2007 |
Keywords
- Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring/methods
- Clinical Competence
- Contraindications
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/blood
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/blood
- Glycated Hemoglobin A/metabolism
- Humans
- Hyperglycemia/blood
- Hypoglycemia/blood
- Nurse's Role
- Patient Care Planning
- Patient Selection
