61^st World Nursing Conference

Diabetes Nursing

Patients with diabetes, a disorder that impairs the body's capacity to make or absorb adequate insulin, require nursing care. This involves providing nutritional therapy, managing behavioral issues, minimizing diabetic nerve damage, helping patients monitor their blood sugar and medications, and handling psychological and dietary concerns. In order to control symptoms, they also devote a significant amount of time to teaching patients and their families about healthy food, exercise, and lifestyle choices. The endocrine system, which includes the pineal body, adrenal glands, thyroid, parathyroid, hypothalamus, and reproductive organs, is another area of expertise for these nurses. Good communication skills are essential for diabetes nurses to share information with patients, doctors, families, and even insurance companies. As they are, they must also have compassion coping with a potentially fatal and frequently chronic illness. Many diabetes nurses go on to become diabetes educators and even activists for diabetes awareness.