Assessment of Nursing Staff 's Information about the Diet for Type II Diabetes Patients

Diabetes is one of the most important health challenges in the world in the twenty-first century, and a healthy diet and changing bad eating habits can help prevent and treat this disease. The information of the nursing staff about the diet for type II diabetics is important to the treatment plan, especially in patients who suffer from advanced complications. To assessment this information, the current descriptive study conducted on an convenient sample of 50 working nurses in Tishreen University Hospital, which showed that (80%) of the nurses have a good level of information related to the diet of type II diabetics patients, (14%) of them have a moderate level of information, and (6%) of them have a poor level of information, and the researcher recommended working on regular and continuous updating of the evidence-based guidelines for the diabetes diet to help the health care providers concerned with providing health services to patients with diabetes.