title: [Experience with a group in nursing care for diabetics].
abstract: With the implementation of a diabetic group, the objective of this paper is to analyze the importance of this activity as a nurse's work tool and to evaluate it from the user's point-of-view. It is an experience report based on the information from the participating observation and the registrations in a field diary. It focuses the interpersonal relations, the understanding level of the received information, the diabetics' feelings and expectations. It was noticed that the human relationship and the experiences exchange based on cooperation contribute to the efficiency in the diabetes treatment.
authors.affiliation: Enfermeira, graduada pela Escola de Enfermagem da UFRGS.
authors.forename: Gisele Abrahão
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Maria Alice Dias da Silva
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lima
mesh_terms: D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged