#317: Nursing Care for Gestational Diabetes

Gestational diabetes is a complication of pregnancy in which individuals with no history of diabetes have persistently elevated glucose levels. 

In this episode you’ll learn: 

• Normal physiology of glucose maintenance during pregnancy
• Who is most at risk for gestational diabetes
• Complications of gestational diabetes (both maternal and newborn)
• Signs and symptoms of gestational diabetes
• Key assessments for a patient with gestational diabetes
• Screening and ongoing tests, including the glucose tolerance test
• Treatments for gestational diabetes
• Important things to teach your patient

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