RESEARCH ARTICLE Learning transitions–a des

Building capacity and encouraging professional develop-health professionals from different disciplines and in different settings [1]. Recognition is growing that the Graue et al. BMC Nursing (2015) 14:30 DOI 10.1186/s12912-015-0080-zhave diabetes. Nurses and other health professionalsCollege, Bergen, Norway Full list of author information is available at the end of the articlement that enable health professionals to work in a changing health care system are challenges for advanced nursing education programs. Caring for people with complex needs involves a team-based approach, and health professionals need the knowledge and attributes to communicate with biomedical paradigm of the last century is inadequate today and may hamper effective nurse-patient communication [2]. Specialist nurses need to be able to support people with chronic conditions, to plan care that encompasses the complexity of care and to raise the standard of care [3]. According to the International Diabetes Federation’s IDF diabetes atlas [4], 382 million people had diabete