A Phenomenological Study of Primary Healthcare Nurses’ Experiences in Assessing and Managing Diabetic Foot Complications
Simiso Ntuli, Helena Eri Shimizu · 2025
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Description
Simiso Ntuli and Helena Eri Shimizu explore how primary care nurses in South Africa experience diabetic foot problems. Such problems often first appear at local clinics, where nurses lead much of diabetes care. Little was known about their day-to-day experience in places with few resources.
Interviews with nurses at community centers brought out five themes: limited knowledge, heavy workload, poor feedback after referrals, need for focused training, and scarce supplies. Nurses are key to early detection, yet these barriers lead to uneven care. The authors call for training, better referral links, basic tools, and adding foot specialists to primary care teams.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Simiso Ntuli, Helena Eri Shimizu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |