Development of a nursing care manual to improve the knowledge of nurses caring for hospitalized patients with diabetes.
Nurses have a responsibility to ensure that they have adequate knowledge in order to provide competent care. A wide literature search failed to identify adequate documentation of the specific nursing care of people with diabetes, although the medical aspects are covered in detail. In addition, several papers document a deficiency of knowledge among nurses about diabetes and the appropriate care of patients with diabetes. This project sought to address the apparent lack of documentation. The aim was to formulate a Manual of Nursing Care of People with Diabetes Mellitus (the manual), to be used as a self-directed learning resource in the clinical setting. This article reports the development and evaluation of the manual.
D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000451:nursing*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011380:Programmed Instructions as Topic