Gary Adams
United Kingdom
Review Article
The Role of Nurses in Diabetes Care in Kuwait: A Review
Author(s): Muna Alshammari, Gary Adams, Richard Windle and Dianne BowskillMuna Alshammari, Gary Adams, Richard Windle and Dianne Bowskill
The role of nurses in diabetes care in Kuwait has changed remarkably as a result of the increase of the care burden caused by the incidence of long-term diabetic patients. Nurses working in diabetes care play significant roles that are comparable to other health care providers working in diabetes clinics and centres in Kuwait.
While nurses’ roles in diabetes have been clearly established in other parts of the world, nurses’ role in Kuwait are neither fully recognised nor professionally acknowledged. The nurses caring for such patients do not have a special identifying title, or a clear job description that specifies their critical role in diabetes care. This review investigated the Kuwait nurses’ roles in diabetes care and how the performance of their duties affects the perceived quality of the nursi.. View More»
