On the increase worldwide, diabetes is well recognized as a complex and challenging condition. This pocket-sized guide puts diabetes information at your fingertips, equipping you with the essential knowledge and skills to deliver effective day-to-day diabetes care competently and confidently.

Aimed at professionals and students in community health care nursing, this textbook provides coverage of a range of issues, such as personal safety and the environment, in addition to public health, health promotion and family health nursing. It contains guidelines on how to transfer skills from the hospital/acute setting to the community.

In a fresh approach, using new research gathered on hospital wards, Peter Draper challenges existing definitions of 'quality of life' and suggests practical ways in which nurses can promote the well-being of patients in their care.

Essential reading for all degree and diploma nursing students from the outset of training, providing an invaluable introduction to the skills in critical thinking that are pre-requisite to competent, accountable and professional nursing practice.

Julia Hallam considers the 'image' of nursing and how it has been constructed, contributing to the debates surrounding gender and occupational identity.