Do practice nurses have the knowledge to provide diabetes self-management education?

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 234-241

  Hollis, Margaret ^a   Glaister, Karen ^b   Lapsley, Jennifer Anne ^b  

^a CPC Medical Practice Port Macquarie   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Knowledge; Nursing; Practice nurses

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE; STANDARD;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE;

EID: 84904049746     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2014.46.2.234     Document Type: Article

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