{"product_id":"9780692479070","title":"Poems For You \u0026 Your Neighbour: Health Disorders Simplified","description":"Diabetes, Hypertension, Glaucoma, Cataract and also the pre-requisites for being a nurse are covered in this most memorable,ingenious rhyming format. \u003cp\u003eAmanda Jones writes to educate.\u003cbr\u003eThe inspiration for this book came after visiting the diabetic ward to checkup on her friend's Dad. An excerpt from POEM VII states:\u003cbr\u003e\"The threat which diabetes posed was so evident,\u003cbr\u003eAs I stood in the open ward viewing its residents.\u003cbr\u003eDiabetes showed no mercy for age, creed or colour,\u003cbr\u003eSince disregard to caution placed the odds in its favour.\" \u003cbr\u003eEffective education in action occurs when someone has the knowledge required to do what is necessary to prevent what could have been avoided. An example as simple as the wearing of diabetic socks which are comfortable and slips on easy over ankles, non-binding and are not tight. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmanda Jones writes to encourage.\u003cbr\u003eBeing a nurse, Amanda reaches out not only to patients but also to nurses. In POEM XII, she shares the following:\u003cbr\u003e\"Inconsiderate thoughts and mechanical action,\u003cbr\u003eAre now becoming the qualities of today's human.\u003cbr\u003eBut from this we must desist,\u003cbr\u003eAs our goal should be to uplift\". \u003cbr\u003eNursing is her passion and she strongly believes that a good nurse will always go the extra to show compassion, love and respect as it is an important attribute of the profession.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmanda Jones writes to empower.\u003cbr\u003eIn Poem V, she shares information on Glaucoma that once read, empowers the reader to make the right choices. An excerpt from this poem states:\u003cbr\u003eWith these simple tests glaucoma can be staged,\u003cbr\u003eAnd the earlier it is done you'll have the advantage\".\u003cbr\u003eEmpowerment is vey much needed and it happens through the steps of being educated and encouraged. When a medical professional wether it be a doctor, nurse, or pharmacist and patient are able to communicate from a knowledgeable position, the benefits are innumerable. This will foster conversations to aid in the discipline treatment to win this fight on diabetes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmanda Jones wrote that \u003cbr\u003e\"Diabetes is a mounting pandemic,\u003cbr\u003eIt is a disease that's not acute but chronic.\u003cbr\u003eIf you have not read this book- You should!!!\u003cbr\u003eThe International Diabetes Federation stated that in 2015 that there were 415 million people with diabetes worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmanda further writes on Hypertension, Diabetic Retinopathy, Diabetic Foot-Care with each poem having an illustration to incite the learning process. She also has combined dramatization of the poems to give the realistic application of the effects of diabetes. As a nurse it is Amanda's desire that nurses as well as those affected both patients and their families have this book as a tool to effect change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHave a read and place this book on your bookshelf as a go to, when you require information. Lastly I share an excerpt from Poem VI:\u003cbr\u003e\"Type 1 diabetes is insulin deficient,\u003cbr\u003eWhere little or no insulin is present.\u003cbr\u003eType 2 diabetes is insulin resistant,\u003cbr\u003eWhere insulin has a presence,\u003cbr\u003eHowever its use is rendered ineffective,\u003cbr\u003eDue to tissue being unresponsive.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amazel Enterprise","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49859116695792,"sku":"9780692479070","price":13.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780692479070","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}