Diabetessköterskors information och undervisning till patienter med diabetes

The purpose of this study was to describe how nurses, working in primary health care and responsible for diabetes care, reflected on patient information and education, its’ content and experiences of providing it. The study had a descriptive design and seven nurses from seven health care units in the middle of Sweden participated in the study. Data were analyzed with qualitative content analysis. The results are presented in two main categories; “The information” and “The procedure”. The two subcategories; Adjusting information and Bring about knowledge and to live with the disease emerged from “The information”. The five subcategories; Specific situation information, Increased insight about lifestyle changes, Developed dialogues, Nurses’ and patients’ perspective of responsibility and Supporting and follow ups were formulated from “The procedure”. Individual adjusted information within dialogues was highlighted. The motivational interview technique was considered as contributing to possibilities for more successful treatment and lifestyle changes. The main result showed that nurses responsible for diabetes care in primary health care empathized the need of individual adjusted information and the procedure providing it, in order to support the patients’ daily life