title: The tasks of a community nurse in the process of an early detection of type 2 diabetes.
abstract: Type 1 diabetes affects 3,000 individuals annually, whereas type 2 diabetes attacks about 60,000 people, which qualifies the illness to be the number 9 "killer" among Polish citizens. World health organisation prognoses that in the years of 2000-2025 the number of type 2 diabetes patients is going to double. This prognosis gives rise to a conclusion that diabetes prevention is becoming one of the priority tasks of all medical professionals and requires the necessity of changing and elaborating of effective, interdisciplinary prevention programs. The main aim of the study was a description of the tasks awaiting the community nurse in the process of an early diagnosis of diabetes. In the research, the analysis of the data included in the community nurse documentation--the family questionnaire, was used. The questionnaire is the document in which nurses in charge register the data concerning patients acquired in the community interview as well as the results of basic study values.
authors.affiliation: Chair and Department of Communal Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Skubiszewski Medical University of Lublin.
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Domzał-Drzewicka
authors.forename: Kazimierz
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pasternak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control; D015994:Incidence; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D011044:Poland; D012307:Risk Factors