Putting Your Patients on the Pump / Edition 2

by Karen M. Bolderman, Nicholas B. Argento, Gary Scheiner, Susan L. Barlow

Overview

In a clear and concise style, the extensively revised Putting Your Patients on the Pump offers physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, clinicians, and educators experience and practical guidance on how to help patients successfully manage their diabetes using an insulin pump. Ten chapters provide an in-depth description of insulin pump therapy advantages and disadvantages, pump and infusion set options and selection, pump candidate basics, getting the patient ready, pump start-up, pump therapy management, other considerations (e.g., dining out, alcohol, exercise and physical activity, intimacy, managing sick days, stress, travel, weight change, menses and menopause, pregnancy, pediatrics, and older patients), resources, tips from pump experts, and insulin pumps of the future.

Filled with checklists and step-by-step instructions, Putting Your Patients on the Pump is the ideal resource for health care professionals with expertise in diabetes care who wish to successfully start and maintain diabetes patients on insulin pump therapy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781580404976
Publisher:	American Diabetes Association
Publication date:	08/27/2013
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,032,657
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Karen M. Bolderman, RD, LDN, CDE, has worked as a dietician and diabetes educator for over 30 years, including 10 years as a diabetes research study coordinator. She has trained and managed hundreds of insulin pump patients and has experience with all brands of insulin pumps. Ms. Bolderman is recognized for her expertise in carbohydrate counting and is the co-author of Practical Carbohydrate Counting A How-to-teach guide for health professionals, 2nd edition (American Diabetes Association, 2008. She has served as president, Health Care & Education, Mid-Atlantic Region of the American Diabetes Association and was named the Academy of Nutritionists and Dietitians' Outstanding Dietitian of the Year for the Maryland Dietetic Association in 1996.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	vii
	Preface	ix
	Acknowledgments	xi
Chapter 1	Insulin Pump Therapy Benefits and Challenges	1
	Myths of Insulin Pump Therapy	2
	Benefits	2
	The Downside	4
Chapter 2	Candidate Selection	7
	Profile of a Good Prospect: Ready, Willing, and Able	7
	Contraindications	10
	Steps for Helping the Patient Decide	10
Chapter 3	Pump Selection	13
	Pump Criteria Checklist	13
	Customer Service and Other Practical Considerations	16
Chapter 4	Prepping Pump Patients	19
	Goals	20
	Carbohydrate Counting	21
	Identifying and Managing Hyperglycemia	26
	Managing Hypoglycemia	28
	Infusion Sets	29
	Optional Saline Trial	31
	Lifestyle Issues	32
Chapter 5	Pump Start-Up	39
	Pump Start Basics	39
	Pump Start Guidelines for the Patient	40
	Pump Start Guidelines for the Clinician	41
	Determining Starting Basal Rate	43
	Follow-Up Instructions	45
Chapter 6	Pump Management	47
	Adjusting Basal Rate	48
	Adjusting Insulin-to-Carbohydrate Ratio	50
	Adjusting Insulin Sensitivity Factor	51
	References	53
	Resources	55
	Appendixes
	Sample Forms	57
	Pump Tips for Patients	69
	Case Studies/Success Stories	77