title: Prediabetes: What Nurses Need to Know.
abstract: Many at risk for type 2 diabetes can prevent or delay it with dietary and activity-level changes.
authors.affiliation: Sharon Watts is national diabetes advisor in the Veterans Health Administration Office of Nursing Services at the Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, and Jino Y. Howard is an NP in the Department of Endocrinology at the Audie L. Murphy VA Hospital, San Antonio, TX. Contact author: Sharon Watts, sharon.watts@va.gov. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise. Diabetes Under Control is coordinated by Jane Jeffrie Seley, DNP, MPH, BC-ADM, CDE, FAAN: diabetesnp@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watts
authors.forename: Jino Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Howard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004032:Diet; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D024802:Nurse's Role; D011236:Prediabetic State / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing*; D012307:Risk Factors