Nurses remain at the forefront of medicine and healthcare and play a vital role in the treatment, management and prevention of diabetes. Springer Nature continues to support the advancement of research around diabetes. Read our blogs, special issues and collection of articles and book chapters from across Springer Nature -- all content is free-to-access until December 15, 2020.
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Nurses make the difference
My passion for nursing began in childhood when I practiced on the dog and then fence posts that were more accepting of my ministrations. My dad introduced me to Florence Nightingale and her legacy for health and wellbeing, which is still as relevant today as it was in the Crimea.
I learned ‘nursing’ from insightful GPs who believed every person has a story: the art is to hear their story and work with them to decide their care: that is to personalise care.
Issues for the management of people with diabetes and COVID-19 in ICUfrom Cardiovascular Diabetology | Two weeks of moderate hypoxia improves glucose tolerance in individuals with type 2 diabetesfrom International Journal of Obesity | Conceptualization, Definition, and Competencies of Advanced Practice Nursing with a Focus on Endocrinologyfrom Advanced Practice in Endocrinology Nursing |
Diabetes and COVID-19: evidence, current status and unanswered research questionsfrom European Journal of Clinical Nutrition | Bone mineral density in diabetes and impaired fasting glucosefrom Osteoporosis | Factors that influence patient empowerment in inpatient chronic care: early thoughts on a diabetes care intervention in South Africafrom BMC Endocrine Disorders |
World Diabetes Day 2020: nursing education and care
In this blog, we will look at some of the studies registered with the ISRCTN registry that investigate the role of nursing care in diabetes and the provision of diabetes care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
