Advancing quality diabetes education through evidence and innovation.
Patients with type 2 diabetes crowd emergency rooms; fill medical, surgical, and cardiac beds; and now appear in maternal health and pediatric units. Education is critical in hospital care of diabetes; however, what level of knowledge exists among acute care nurses? A systematic approach was used to examine levels of nursing knowledge about diabetes. An innovative and cost-effective structure was created to improve the quality of patient care through supporting diabetes education.
School of Nursing, Fairfield University, Connecticut 06824, USA. sgerard@fairfield.edu
Sally O
SO
Gerard
Mary Quinn
MQ
Griffin
Joyce
J
Fitzpatrick
D000328:Adult; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000451:nursing*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013192:Staff Development; D055815:Young Adult