staff nurses knowledge needs to teach diabetes

[jlminden]

Hi All,

This is my first time posting, so please forgive any unwitting transgrssions.

I am doing a reseacrh project for my MSN in nursing education at univ of Northern Colorado. My colleagues and I are trying to determine a few things and I thought this might be a great forum for assistance. We need:

- diabetes knowledge assessment tool, preferably less that 5 years old

- what are the expectations of your staff nurses?

- what is your basis for your expectation of knowledge

anything else that you all would share with me would be a great help.

Thanks

Jeanie Murray

Denver, CO

[VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN]

First of all, a warm welcome to AllNurses and to the Nursing Educators Forum, Jeanie :balloons: I am also in a MSN program in nursing education.

I am unable to answer any questions about staff nurses, but perhaps the following information about a diabetes knowledge assessment tool will be of some assistance:

The authors developed and validated a semi-structured interview, the Diabetes Self-Management Profile (DSMP),to measure self-management of type 1 diabetes. The DSMP includes the following regimen components: exercise, management of hypoglycemia, diet, blood glucose testing, and insulin administration and dose adjustment.

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0CUH/is_9_23/ai_65650418

Hopefully some other educators will chime in to assist with some of your other questions :)