Abstract

HERNANDEZ-PAEZ, Ruth F  and  APONTE-GARZON, Luz H. Education regarding diabetes: a key aspect in current nursing training. Orinoquia [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.2, pp.78-92. ISSN 0121-3709.

Considering the enormous importance of diabetes mellitus as achronic metabolic disease, at both global and local level, the present review was set within the framework of a project titled, "Qualified nurses' knowledge regarding diabetes mellitus type 2 in clinical and communitybased areas of Villavicencio, Colombia." The objective was to describe qualified nurses' requirements regarding their further education related to attending people suffering diabetes mellitus type 2, concerning aspects related to promoting healthy life styles. The study involved an approach to the reality of providing nursing services; it pointed out weakness in qualified nurses' knowledge regarding basic aspects required for attending people suffering from diabetes mellitus 2 during their lives after having been diagnosed, high lighting the need for updating qualified nurses to improve care when practising their profession and improving the types of health education. It was determined that an educational proposal should be presented whose themes were grounded on the review. Fundamental points were proposed which could be included in a course for qualified nurses aimed at up-dating their knowledge regarding diabetes, orientated towards strengthening knowledge about the disease and caring for people suffering from diabetes mellitus 2. This would emphasise promoting healthy lifestyles and an educational view point centred on people suffering the disease, understanding the importance of such knowledge in achieving metabolic control, preventing complications and improving the patients' quality of life (as well as that of the caregivers).

Keywords : Diabetes mellitus; nursing education; promoting a healthy lifestyle.

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