Barriers to nurses' diabetes knowledge acquisition include lack of guidelines, inadequate staffing, salary and training resources¶
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q2 i? Barriers included lack of hospital guidelines, inadequate nurse-patient ratio, insufficient salary to motivate staff and lack of resources for training. → Nyalapa McDonald William; Gombachika Belinda Thandizo 2025
Evidence¶
Nyalapa McDonald William; Gombachika Belinda Thandizo 2025¶
Nyalapa McDonald William; Gombachika Belinda Thandizo. (2025). Diabetes knowledge of nurses in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review. BMJ Open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-106689
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The review reports barriers identified in included studies, quoting that "Barriers included lack of hospital guidelines, inadequate nurse-patient ratio, insufficient salary to motivate staff and lack of resources for training in South Sudan."
"Barriers included lack of hospital guidelines, inadequate nurse-patient ratio, insufficient salary to motivate staff and lack of resources for training in South Sudan."
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