Letter: Comment on Unger J. Modern Medicine Nearly Killed Me. [Editorial] Clinical Diabetes 2016;34:22–24 | Zendy

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Letter: Comment on Unger J. Modern Medicine Nearly Killed Me. [Editorial] Clinical Diabetes 2016;34:22–24

Author(s) -

Melanie Mabrey

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

clinical diabetes

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.931

H-Index - 37

eISSN - 1945-4953

pISSN - 0891-8929

DOI - 10.2337/diaclin.34.3.131

Subject(s) - medicine , respite care , nursing , nurse practitioners , family medicine , diabetes mellitus , health care , endocrinology , economics , economic growth

As a diabetes nurse practitioner and consulting associate faculty member in the Duke University School of Nursing nurse practitioner program, I read this article with great interest. I have practiced in inpatient diabetes care as an acute care nurse practitioner since 2001; I have been a nurse since 1993 and was a ward clerk in the early 1980s, when patients were admitted for respite care. Care has changed dramatically over those years. Unfortunately, I could see any of the things that happened to Dr. Unger during his hospitalization happening at almost any hospital (academic or otherwise) today. I am completely dismayed at times by the quality of education related to diabetes care, comprehensive history taking, review of systems, and physical examinations, as well as by the lack of …

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