Length of Hospitalization of Children With Diabetes: Effect of a Clinical Nurse Specialist
- 1 February 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The Diabetes Educator
- Vol. 14 (1) , 41-43
- https://doi.org/10.1177/014572178801400115
Abstract
Expeditious discharge of children with newly diagnosed diabetes is desirable for both psychological and financial reasons. Does length of hospitalization depend upon who is educating the child and family? This study compares the length of stay in newly diagnosed diabetic children educated by staff nurses (SN) with the length of stay of children educated by a clinical nurse specialist plus staff nurses (CNS/SN). The length of hospitalization of the CNS/SN group was significantly shorter (x = 6.2 days) than the SN group (x = 8.4 days; PKeywords
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