title: Diabetes management unawareness: what do bedside nurses know?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Nurses are responsible for critical aspects of diabetes care.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to examine nurses' knowledge of inpatient diabetes management principles before and after a structured diabetes education program.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this descriptive, correlation study, 2250 registered nurses working in a quaternary health care center completed a 20 question assessment. The assessment was administered pre and post attendance at a 4hour diabetes management course.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nurses' knowledge of inpatient diabetes management principles was low. There was no correlation between knowledge scores and age, education, employment status, years of experience or clinical specialty.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In general, our findings suggest that nurses do not feel comfortable and are not adequately prepared to make patient care decisions or provide survival skill education for patients with diabetes in the hospital.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. Electronic address: modicm@ccf.org.
authors.forename: Mary Beth
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Modic
authors.affiliation: Nursing Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vanderbilt
authors.affiliation: Nursing Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA; Walden University, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Sandra L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Siedlecki
authors.affiliation: Nursing Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sauvey
authors.affiliation: Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kaser
authors.affiliation: Nursing Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yager
mesh_terms: D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000451:nursing*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education
keywords: Bedside nurses; Diabetes knowledge; Inpatient diabetes management