Letter to the Editor

To the Editor:

I just received my Jan/Feb 2007 AAACN Viewpoint, and I noticed an error in the article, "Nurse-Managed Clinics: Opportunity or Benefit" (vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 1, 14-15). To some, it may seem to be irrelevant, but to me, it is very important to be correct when addressing diagnoses. The error is noted on pages 14 and 15 in both the tables 1 and 2. Ms. Agbisit lists Diabetes Type II. This classification was changed in 1997 to type 1 and type 2. The American Diabetes Association and the World Health Organization were very specific about the need to list this disease as Type 1 and 2 and not I and Il to decrease the confusion for professionals and patients.

It seems that the nursing profession in general has been very slow to grasp this not-so-new classification and continues to be misinformed about such an important disease that affects almost everyone in some way. I think that as nurses we should be striving to lessen confusion rather than creating more.

Linda Arnett, RN

Author's Response:

Thank you to Ms. Arnett for alerting me of the error. It was a typo error on my part. All handouts given to our diabetic patients are current, and when counseling them, they are told they have type 2 diabetes. We only see type 2 diabetes in the clinic. The article was reviewed prior to submission, and this oversight had not been highlighted. Thank you for bringing this current information to our attention.

Margarlta D. Agbisit, MSN/MA, RN, RNC

Editor's Note: Letters have been edited for space.

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