Evaluation of Nursing Services Technique for patients with Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

Background: Evaluation of nursing services technique for patients with diabetes mellitus was carried out on diabetic patients in Najaf hospitals (Al-Sadder teaching hospital and Al Hakeem general hospital)

Objectives: to evaluate the nursing services technique for diabetic patients, and to identify the relationship between these services and nurses demographic characteristics.

Methodology: A descriptive study was conducted in special center for diabetes mellitus (D.M), in (August 1st to December 20th) 2010. The sample was selected randomly for 30 nurses (21 males and 9 females), at the diabetes mellitus units. The data was randomly collected through interviewing and questionnaire format. The questionnaire consisted of two parts: Part one:- includes 5 items focused on the socio-demographic data (age, gender, level of education, years of nurses experiences and training sessions), while Part two:- includes nursing services data with 35 items as an observational tools and techniques. The sample data was computed and analyzed through the inferential statistics method (chi-square, degree of freedom and p-value).

Results: The present results revealed that a significant association wasn't there between the nursing services and their socio-demographic characteristics, but highly significant relationships was there between the level of nurses education and the nursing services for patients with diabetes mellitus (P. Value= 0.0014).