Advising patients with diabetes about fasting during Ramadhan.
Fasting for Ramadhan is one of the five Pillars of Islam and is very important to Muslims. Nurses can help patients with diabetes to fast successfully by means of a pre-fast assessment, careful medicine management and good patient education.
Khodabukus
Rehana
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City Hospital Birmingham.
D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000208:ethnology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003927:Diet, Diabetic / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D005215:Fasting / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam; D008612:Menu Planning; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*