Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
There is compelling evidence that diabetes specialist nurses help to improve clinical outcomes in people with diabetes.
These nurses help patients achieve better glycaemic control, which delays progression to long-term complications and reduces short-term complications such as hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia leading to diabetic ketoacidosis or hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state. They are also adept at reducing both admissions and length of stay when patients with diabetes are admitted to hospital - a major priority for commissioners - and achieve high patient satisfaction rates.
The DSN role has many facets. Its focus is on people with complex diabetes care needs, encompassing children and young people, pregnant women, patients using insulin pumps, those with multiple morbidities (such as severe chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease and foot disease) and inpatients. DSNs help people with diabetes to self-manage their condition and many provide one-to-one and group education to teach people the skills they need to do this.
http://www.nursingtimes.net/home/cl...ny-diabetes-specialist-nurses/5068485.article
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I cannot praise the DSNs I have been fortunate enough to encounter enough 🙂
These nurses help patients achieve better glycaemic control, which delays progression to long-term complications and reduces short-term complications such as hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia leading to diabetic ketoacidosis or hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state. They are also adept at reducing both admissions and length of stay when patients with diabetes are admitted to hospital - a major priority for commissioners - and achieve high patient satisfaction rates.
The DSN role has many facets. Its focus is on people with complex diabetes care needs, encompassing children and young people, pregnant women, patients using insulin pumps, those with multiple morbidities (such as severe chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease and foot disease) and inpatients. DSNs help people with diabetes to self-manage their condition and many provide one-to-one and group education to teach people the skills they need to do this.
http://www.nursingtimes.net/home/cl...ny-diabetes-specialist-nurses/5068485.article
(free registration required)
I cannot praise the DSNs I have been fortunate enough to encounter enough 🙂