Publish date: 14 December 2023
Congratulations to Nurse Practitioner Jade Thorne who has had an article published in Nursing Times.
Jade is one of the physical health nurses working for the Trust and is based at Hammersmith and Fulham Mental Health Unit.
This is the second time we've had one of our nurses published in Nursing Times recently.
It comes after Linda Nazarko, a consultant nurse for physical health, working for the Trust, published a series of articles about Type 2 Diabetes.
Diabetes is once again the topic of discussion, however, this time it's Type 1.
Jade said: "The article is part of a series with another due to be published in the new year.
"It explores what Type1 diabetes is, how it's diagnosed, signs and symptoms to look out for, and myths and misconceptions.
"There's a huge deficit in education around Type 1 Diabetes and often they get confused and even though they focus on the same organ, there are different risk factors and ways of treating it.
"For example Type 1 Diabetes is an autoimmune disease, it doesn't matter if you're thick or thin, African, Caucasian, it's a bit of a Russian roulette, and is down to family history, particularly on your dad's side."
Jade says clinically there's a lack of general knowledge around Type 1 Diabetes among nurses.
Jade explained that before she specialised in diabetes she had limited knowledge on Type 1 Diabetes as a huge amount of training isn't given around the subject to newly qualified nurses.
She said: "I wanted to write something that was both digestible and factual that nurses can read and take in and hopefully inform their practice."
She added: "There's a lot of information out there about Type 1 Diabetes with an American focus, which is why I feel very pleased to publish something based on the illness' presentation in the UK. I was thinking about if I was a student again what would I want to know. It's amazing to think that students might reference me in an essay now."
The physical health nursing team has an important role supporting some of our most ill acute patients by taking blood pressure, wound management, diabetes, dermatology and more.
You can read the first part here: Type 1 diabetes: overview, diagnosis and risk factors | Nursing Times
You can read the second part here: Type 1 diabetes: treatment, management and the use of insulin | Nursing Times
