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Diabetes Care: Preparing for the Hospital
Every hospital has its own protocol for treating people with diabetes, and that may differ from what you normally do. Here's how to prepare for your diabetes management in the hospital, whether you have a planned procedure or experience an emergency.
Plan Before You Go
An admission to the hospital -- whether for a planned procedure or an emergency -- adds extra challenges to diabetes care. Illness, stress, or surgery, plus changes in eating and sleeping routines, can wreak havoc on blood glucose levels. "Whatever you were doing at home probably will not work in the hospital," says Jane Jeffrie Seley, N.P., BC-ADM, CDE, a diabetes nurse practitioner at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City. That's why it's crucial to have a plan.
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