Where reported , emergency admissions and quality of life were not found to be significantly different between groups .
No information was found regarding BMI , mortality , long term diabetic complications , adverse effects , or costs .
REVIEW ER 'S CONCLUSIONS The presence of a diabetes specialist nurse / nurse case manager may improve patients ' diabetic control over short time periods , but from currently available trials the effects over longer periods of time are not evident .
There were no significant differences overall in hypoglycaemic episodes , hyperglycaemic incidents , or hospital admissions .
Quality of life was not shown to be affected by input from a diabetes specialist nurse/nurse case manager
BACKGROUND The patient with diabetes has many different learning needs relating to diet , monitoring , and treatments .
In many health care systems specialist nurses provide much of these needs , usually aim ing to empower patients to self-manage their diabetes .
The present review aims to assess the effects of the involvement of specialist nurse care on outcomes for  people with diabetes  , compared to usual care in hospital clinics or primary care with no input from specialist nurses .
OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of diabetes specialist nurses / nurse case manager in diabetes on the metabolic control of patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus .
Reducing hospital inpatient length of stay for patients with diabetes.
AIMS To ascertain the effect of routine review by a diabetes nurse advisor on length of stay for medical and surgical in patients with diabetes . METHODS In patients with diabetes were identified prospect ively from January 1997 until December 1998 ( 792 in 1997 and 819 in 1998 ) . A new post of diabetes nurse advisor was introduced in January 1998 to optimize diabetes management . Length of stay was calculated retrospectively from hospital computer records . RESULTS Median length of stay in 1997 was 11 days in medicine and 8 days in surgery . In 1998 , the nurse advisor made 1936 visits to 819 patients ; median length of stay fell to 8 days in medicine and 5 days in surgery ( P < 0.001 ) . Bed occupancy by patients with diabetes fell from 6.8 to 4.0 % . Mean length of stay across the hospital remained unchanged . CONCLUSIONS The introduction of a ward-based diabetes nurse advisor was associated with significant reductions in length of stay in in patients with diabetes . Since this study was not a r and omized study , other factors may have contributed to this change . However , the consistency of the reduction across specialities suggests the post itself had an important effect
Where reported , emergency admissions and quality of life were not found to be significantly different between groups .
No information was found regarding BMI , mortality , long term diabetic complications , adverse effects , or costs .
REVIEW ER 'S CONCLUSIONS The presence of a diabetes specialist nurse / nurse case manager may improve patients ' diabetic control over short time periods , but from currently available trials the effects over longer periods of time are not evident .
There were no significant differences overall in hypoglycaemic episodes , hyperglycaemic incidents , or hospital admissions .
Quality of life was not shown to be affected by input from a diabetes specialist nurse/nurse case manager
BACKGROUND The patient with diabetes has many different learning needs relating to diet , monitoring , and treatments .
In many health care systems specialist nurses provide much of these needs , usually aim ing to empower patients to self-manage their diabetes .
The present review aims to assess the effects of the involvement of specialist nurse care on outcomes for  people with diabetes  , compared to usual care in hospital clinics or primary care with no input from specialist nurses .
OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of diabetes specialist nurses / nurse case manager in diabetes on the metabolic control of patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus .