Practical guidelines for nursing and midwifery diabetes care – 2026. A position of the Polish federation for education in Diabetology

Authors

  • Alicja Szewczyk Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology; Diabetes Clinic, Children’s Memorial Health Institute in Warsaw, Poland Author https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4167-0361
  • Natasza Tobiasz-Kałkun Institute of Health, Faculty of Applied Studies, University of Lower Silesia DSW in Wrocław, Poland Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1184-1871
  • Anna Stefanowicz-Bielska 1. Laboratory of Pediatric Nursing, Division of Internal and Pediatric Nursing, Institute of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences with the Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk; 2. Department of Paediatrics Diabetology, Department of Pediatrics, Diabetology and Endocrinology, University Clinical Center in Gdansk, Poland Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1896-5551
  • Ewa Kobos Department of Development of Nursing, Social and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland Author https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7231-8411
  • Justyna Kapuściok The Complex of Post-Secondary Medical and Social Schools in Bytom; Individual Nursing Practice, Poland Author https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1294-0489
  • Agnieszka Karczewska 1. University Clinical Hospital No. 1 in Lublin, Poland; 2. Faculty of Medicine, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland Author
  • Kamila Mazuryk 1. Department of Hypertension and Diabetology, University Clinical Center in Gdańsk; 2. Department of Surgical Nursing, Institute of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences with Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland Author https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3947-7722
  • Beata Hornik Katedra i Zakład Pielęgniarstwa Internistycznego, Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu, Śląski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Katowicach, Polska Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0106-9216

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12923/pielxxiw-2025-0034

Keywords:

procedures, recommendations, nurse, midwife, diabetes

Abstract

Aim. Presenting a set of procedures describing nursing interventions in diabetes care, including currently available scientific evidence and clinical experience of specialists involved in the care of diabetic patients.

Material and methods. The study involved a literature review of selected areas of nursing practice in diabetes care. When compiling the material, the priority was to use data from: randomized controlled clinical trials and their meta-analyses, systematic reviews, observational studies and other studies with lower levels of evidence.

Results. Based on an analysis of the collected material, 14 procedures and 4 guidelines have been developed, describing selected aspects of nursing interventions in diabetic patients. Each of the procedures details key recommendations on diabetes care, arranged in accordance of the significance ascribed to the scientific evidence analyzed.

Conclusions. The 2026 PFED guidelines on nursing diabetes care are the effect of the evaluation of the previous versions and comprise an updated, considerably more extensive, comprehensive and evidence-based set of practices. The major asset of these guidelines is their interdisciplinarity, reflected in the fact that the final version of the publication was approved by consultants in nursing fields, a consultant in diabetology, and representatives of the medical community from the Polish Diabetes Society. The authors experience gained during work on international recommendations (New Insulin Delivery Recommendations) played an important role when formulating the present guidelines.

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2025-12-09

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Vol. 24 No. AOP (2025): Pielęgniarstwo XXI wieku

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Guidelines, Review and Report

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Copyright (c) 2025 Alicja Szewczyk, Natasza Tobiasz-Kałkun, Anna Stefanowicz-Bielska, Ewa Kobos, Justyna Kapuściok , Agnieszka Karczewska, Kamila Mazuryk, Beata Hornik (Autor)

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Szewczyk, A., Tobiasz-Kałkun, N., Stefanowicz-Bielska, A., Kobos, E., Kapuściok , J., Karczewska, A., Mazuryk, K., & Hornik, B. (2025). Practical guidelines for nursing and midwifery diabetes care – 2026. A position of the Polish federation for education in Diabetology. Nursing in the 21st Century, 24(AOP). https://doi.org/10.12923/pielxxiw-2025-0034