Resources
RCN resource on diabetes care which offers guidance and help to nurses, people with diabetes, their families and carers: www.rcn.org.uk/diabetes
Relevant RCN publications:
An RCN guide to the National Service Framework for Diabetes (PDF 132.8KB)
Specialist nursing services for children and young people with diabetes (PDF 1.4MB)
Starting insulin treatment in adults with Type 2 diabetes: Guidance for nurses (PDF 255.8KB)
Paediatric diabetes: RCN guidance for newly appointed nurse specialists (PDF 342KB)
Non-RCN resources:
Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) in non-insulin-treated Type 2 diabetes
- report from NHS Diabetes published in March 2010, available to download from the NHS Diabetes website.
Lilly Diabetes
Young people and diabetes: wide range of leaflets available for download on the Lilly website