RCN Learn: Diabetes essentials

• This resource is designed to provide an overview of the core concepts of diabetes, diagnosis and current treatments, your role and responsibilities in regard to treating people living with diabetes.
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HSC: Northern Ireland diabetes network 

• A network of carers, health social care professionals and people living with diabetes working in partnership with Diabetes UK to deliver better care.
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Language Matters Diabetes

• Access guidance on considerate language usage for positive outcomes within diabetes care.
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NHS England: National Diabetes Audit Programme

• Access interactive data visualisations relating to the care of people with diabetes.
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NHS Wales: Hub for Diabetes Healthcare Professionals

• Access audits, educational resources, and pathways for care relating to the care for people with diabetes.
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Trend Diabetes

• Access educational resources to inform best practice in diabetes care.
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Diabetes UK: resources to improve care

• Resources and tools to help healthcare professionals and commissioners improve diabetes care.
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Scottish Government (2021) Diabetes care: diabetes improvement plan. Edinburgh: Scottish Government.

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World Health Organization: Diabetes

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Davies M J, Aroda V R, Collins B et al (2022) Management of hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes, 2022. A consensus report by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Diabetes Care, 45(11), pp. 2753-2786.

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Valabhji J, Barron E, Bradley D and others (2020) Early outcomes from the English National Health Service diabetes prevention programme, Diabetes Care, 43(1), pp. 152-160.

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Misra S, Holman N, Barron E, et al (2023) Characteristics and care of young people with type 2 diabetes included in the national diabetes audit datasets for England, Diabetic Medicine, 40(1), p. e14940.

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Taylor R, Irvine K M, Barnes A C et a;. (2022) 218-LB: Remission of type 2 diabetes after weight loss in ‘normal’ weight people—The ReTUNE study, Diabetes, 71(Supplement_1), pp. 218-LB.

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Taylor R, Barnes A C, Hollingsworth K G et al. (2023) Aetiology of Type 2 diabetes in people with a ‘normal’ body mass index: testing the personal fat threshold hypothesis, Clinical Science, 137(16), pp. 1333–1346.

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We would like to thank the RCN Diabetes member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.

Davidson T (2020) What you need to know about diabetes. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.

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Dunning T and Sinclair A J (2020) Care of people with diabetes: a manual for healthcare practice. Newark: John Wiley and Sons.

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Holt R I G and Flyvbjerg A (2024) Textbook of diabetes. 6th edn. Newark: John Wiley & Sons.

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Klonoff D C, Kerr D and Mulvaney S A (2020) Diabetes digital health. San Diego: Elsevier.

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Kopelman P G, Caterson I D and Dietz W H (2022) Clinical obesity in adults and children. 4th edn. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

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Ng M(2022) A guide to type 1 diabetes management, technology, and everything else you need to know. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

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Phillips A (2023) Diabetes care at a glance. Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell.

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Sam A H, Meeran K and Hill N (2023) Endocrinology and diabetes: lecture notes. Second edn. Hoboken, NJ, USA: Wiley Blackwell.

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Sinclair A and others (eds.) (2017) Diabetes in old age. 4th edn. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell.

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Taylor R and Alberti G (2021) Life without diabetes: the definitive guide to understanding and reversing Type 2 diabetes. New York: HarperCollins.

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Veves A, Giurini J M and Guzman R J (2019) The diabetic foot: medical and surgical management. 4th edn. Cham: Humana Press.

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Use these links to see details of books the RCN libraries hold on each topic.

• Diabetes nursing
• Diabetic Foot
• Diabetic people
• Insulin
• Nutrition and diet
• Obesity

Use these links for details of journal articles on each topic.

• Diabetes education
• Diabetes mellitus, gestational
• Diabetes mellitus, type 1
• Diabetes mellitus, type 2
• Diabetic patients
• Glycaemic control, diabetes

Journals of interest for diabetes. Use these links to see details of availability.

• BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care
• Cardiovascular Diabetology
• Diabetes Care
• Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
• Journal of Diabetes
• Practical Diabetes