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Tools to improve inpatient foot checks

27 Mar 2020

Transforming healthcare professional diabetes education to improve patient safety outcomes

The Inpatient Training and Support (ITS) Diabetes programme to improve quality of care for adult inpatients with diabetes.

2 Jan 2020

Audit of the identification and management of steroid-induced hyperglycaemia and steroid-induced diabetes

An audit to evaluate the incidence and management of steroid-induced hyperglycaemia on medical wards and to assess adherence to a newly introduced steroid pathway by ward staff.

16 Sep 2019

Targeting patient behaviours early: a review of the literature surrounding patient behaviour change in relation to foot self-care practices

4 Apr 2019

What are the treatment experiences, motivations and barriers to concordance in patients treating their diabetic foot disease with a removable aircast walker?

4 Apr 2019

The four-stage plan: does hospital admission improve type 1 outcomes in young people?

The four-stage plan consists of a hospital admission that offers young people the chance for a ‘diabetes holiday’ and time to reflect and reassess their knowledge base. Ward nurses take over diabetes care during the first two stages.

26 Feb 2019

Keeping abreast of the latest diabetes research: Intensive treatment, hypoglycaemia and mortality, HIIT, and IVI protocols

Too busy to keep up to date with the latest research? Erwin Castro, a Diabetes Nurse Consultant in Hastings, selects the latest papers of interest to diabetes nurses.

14 Feb 2019

Foot Protection Service: are we doing enough to protect our patients?

31 Oct 2018

Abnormal sweating in diabetes — implications for screening for diabetic peripheral neuropathy

31 Oct 2018

Case series: Mepilex® Border Comfort in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers with exudate

31 Oct 2018

Patients, providers and commissioners: are we in it together?

The evolution of the London Foot Network over the past 5 years

13 Sep 2018

Call for feedback: The JBDS-IP guideline on variable-rate intravenous insulin infusions in medical inpatients

The Joint British Diabetes Societies for Inpatient Care Group is requesting feedback its on guideline on variable-rate intravenous insulin infusions.

16 Jul 2018

The 10-point training tool for staff education in inpatient diabetes

The authors introduce a quality improvement project based on a 10-point educational tool for ward staff based on the most common insulin- and diabetes-related errors identified in inpatient care.

16 Jul 2018

Pilot study of a hypoglycaemia care bundle label

This article discusses the implementation and initial outcomes of a pilot project to devise a hypoglycaemia care bundle label to improve compliance amongst ward-based staff with the documentation of hypoglycaemia events, and to prompt correct hypoglycaemia treatment and management.

16 Jul 2018

Point-of-care simulation training to address serious untoward incidence of hypoglycaemia

The success of simulation training for the management of hypoglycaemia in hospital in the authors' hospital Trust.

2 Mar 2018

Inpatient nursing staff knowledge on hypoglycaemia management

A study of healthcare professionals' knowledge of hypoglycaemia management in hospital.

2 Mar 2018

Assessment of diabetes knowledge among healthcare assistants in a district general hospital inpatient setting

A study of healthcare assistants' understanding of blood glucose targets in an inpatient setting.

29 Nov 2017

Managing glycaemic trends in people with diabetes requiring enteral feeding support: The challenges in primary and secondary care

What to consider when managing a person with diabetes receiving enteral support, both in the inpatient and community setting.

29 Nov 2017