Recently added articles from Journal of Diabetes Nursing:
DSNs: employment trends, vacancies and workforce planning.(Diabetes specialist nurses )
Jul 01, 2009; ... Studies carried out by the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists and Diabetes UK have identified how the roles and responsibilities of DSNs have expanded considerably in the past decade with opportunities for career development into nurse consultant roles (Winocour et al, 2002; ...
New roles in diabetes care provision.
Jul 01, 2009; ... As we are all acutely aware, the prevalence of diabetes and its associated comorbidities is increasing each year. This relentless rise in the number of people with diabetes puts pressure on the current workforce to provide high-quality services for everyone with the condition. People with ...
Glycaemic control and referral to the inpatient DSN: an audit.(diabetes specialist nurse)
Jul 01, 2009; ... At any one time, a large proportion of hospital patients will have diabetes. This has implications both for prognosis and glycaemic control of these patients. As a result, the role of inpatient diabetes specialist nurse (IDSN) was developed to care for the diabetes-related needs of this ...
Diagnosis and management of new-onset diabetes after transplantation.(Clinical report)
Jul 01, 2009; ... New-onset diabetes after transplantation (NODAT) is recognised as one of the most important complications of solid organ transplantation. In this article, the author describes the aetiology and diagnosis of NODAT, and discusses options for treatment and management of the condition. ...
The ongoing challenge of inpatient diabetes.(Report)
Jul 01, 2009; ... People with diabetes are admitted to hospital twice as often and stay twice as long as those without diabetes. At least 10% of all hospital beds in the UK are occupied by someone with diabetes (Currie et al, 1996), and many of these individuals are unhappy with the standard of diabetes ...