1 is an assistant nurse manager at the VA Staunton Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Virginia and adjunct faculty in the RN to BSN program at Eastern Mennonite University. is a nurse educator for the Office of Employee Education and a music student at the Performing Arts Institute of Virginia in Blacksburg. is a physician assistant. All authors work for the Salem VAMC in Virginia.
This pilot study adds to the literature of the positive impact of individualized, structured, tailored nursing interventions delivered with careful consideration of the participants' personal goals and health care needs for diabetes self-management.