The theme for 2020 world diabetes day is DIABETES: NURSES MAKES THE DIFFERENCE.
Most people living with diabetes often require the service of a nurse especially those who have complications and are hospitalized.
Nurses are involved in all round care for diabetics, starting from simple checking of the blood glucose level, counseling, administration of medicine to patients, assist in clean up of patients, etc. Nurses are just wonderful professionals.
Generally, in Africa and Nigeria in particular, there is excessive workload on our nurses, in my opinion this is the reason why it is perceived that nurses in the general hospitals are harsh on patients where as it's a function of work overload in most cases. In most hospitals, you can fine a nurse or two on night shift, having the responsibility to cater for all the patients in a single ward, this ought not to be so.
I want to use this opportunity to call on employers at all level in our health facilities to look into the problem of work overload as it concerns nurses. When a nurse have too many patients to care for, it does not only frustrate the nurse but also reduces the quality of care the patient is suppose to get. It is also important that health care facilities maintain the practice of retraining their nurses through organisation of workshops, seminars and continuous development programs.
Most importantly, it is advisable that everyone have basic knowl
edge of diabetes, it's signs and symptoms and it's management and care, this will help cut down the burden on nursing care and also prevent complications on the part of the patient.
We look forward to having a week long discussions on diabetes, nursing care and how patients and their care givers can help reduce the burden on nurses.
DIABETES CONCERNS EVERYONE, please take action to help prevent it and it's complications.
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