With the growing incidence of the disease, all nurses, whatever their clinical area, will encounter people with diabetes. Best practice involves understanding the issues and complexities surrounding diabetes care, and the Oxford Handbook of Diabetes Nursing is unique in helping nurses and other health professionals better serve patients with diabetes. Assembling much of the evidence, information and guidance on caring for adults with diabetes into one slim volume, it increases the knowledge, skills, competence and confidence of nurses to meet the demands of the government and patient agendas, improving the quantity and quality of life for people with diabetes. As the number of people diagnosed with diabetes increases, there is a shift from routinely reviewing their clinical and psychological status in specialist secondary care clinics to more accessible primary care facilities. The Oxford Handbook of Diabetes Nursing is a useful tool for practice nurses with a special interest in diabetes who have begun to deliver this ongoing care and assessment, and is also a valuable resource and aide memoire for community nurses and those working in acute settings.

1. Introduction 2. Type 2 diabetes 3. Type 1 diabetes 4. Dietary treatment for diabetes 5. Practical skills 6. Self-management 7. Monitoring diabetes 8. Acute complications 9. Long-term complications 10. Erectile dysfunction 11. Stages of life and diabetes 12. Lifestyle 13. Managing investigations and procedures 14. Organisation of care 15. New developments 16. Policy 17. Health education 18. Clinical governance 19. Case studies