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A Day in the Life of a Diabetes Nurse

As a diabetes nurse, you have an individual responsibility to take care of those who have this disease. The care you provide is specialized to ensure that your patients have everything they need. The daily activities that you have to complete are slightly different than the average nurse. Diabetes nurses work across the spectrum of care for diabetes patients, whether they are in primary care or in hospitals. There is care planning that nurses go over with diabetics and their families or carers. Also, the development of personal management strategies helps to promote self-management and identify goals. Diabetes nurses provide guidance and support to their colleagues for larger healthcare teams. The unique role of a diabetes specialist nurse is versatile and challenging. Their presence is vital to the treatment of diabetes.  With the additional assistance and knowledge, diabetes patients can receive better and more specialized care. The personalized treatment of patien...

10 Tips For A Great Nursing Resume

The recruiter of your new job has asked you to send over a brief about yourself. It is obvious that you want to cram the best details about yourself into two pages. This is what most resumes look like and does not get you anywhere. There are a lot of agencies minting money, converting prose and poetry into resumes. There is no reason you can't draft your own without professional help! Here is a laundry list of things you need to consider while drafting a resume. 1)    One liner : A good one line summary about yourself gives the recruiter loaded with a hundred profiles, to match your experience aptly with the jobs on offer. Writing essays is good if the headhunter has one resume to filter per day but that scenario is never going to happen! 2)    Pictures : It is a good idea to include a small picture of yourself on a corner. It need not be flashy in color nor in drab greys. It should send the right signal to the reader who is looking for a respons...