Abstract
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.
MeSH terms
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Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring
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Diabetes Mellitus / ethnology
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Diabetes Mellitus / metabolism
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Diabetes Mellitus / prevention & control*
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Diet, Diabetic / methods*
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Diet, Diabetic / nursing
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Fasting / adverse effects*
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Fasting / physiology
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Humans
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Islam*
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Menu Planning
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Nurse's Role
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Nursing Assessment
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Patient Education as Topic / methods*