DNIG - The Diabetes Nursing Interest Group of the RNAO

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August 2007 Newsletter

2007 DNIG Bursary Awards

DNIG offers three bursaries each year. Unfortunately, none were awarded this year. This is so unfortunate when there is a growing demand for nurses with expertise in diabetes prevention and care.

We have taken advice from the Registered Nurses Foundation of Ontario (RNFOO), which manages the bursaries and tried to make the bursaries more appealing to a wider audience. We get a lot of enquiries from students wanting to know how they might pursue a career in diabetes so we are inviting applications from nurses who are about to graduate and are considering further education related to diabetes care. In addition, we will try to market the bursaries more widely.

Look for the 2008 bursary applications on the RNFOO website at www.rnfoo.org

The Diabetes Nursing Interest Group (DNIG) is an interest group of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO). Membership in the Diabetes Nursing Interest Group (DNIG) is open to all Registered Nurses and nursing students interested in diabetes education and care. DNIG provides a forum for the discussion of issues within the diabetes care nursing community; contributes a nursing voice on diabetes related practice, education, and research issues; advocates / lobbies at the provincial level on diabetes care (professional nursing issues as well as quality of care concerns from consumer perspective); supports continuing nursing education relevant to diabetes education and care, and strives to establish a network for information sharing and collaboration within diabetes nursing and with other health care professionals.

A newsletter is produced three times a year to link members and share information about the group, to provide information on diabetes education and care, and to discuss issues and concerns in the area of diabetes nursing. Annual conferences provide both education and support through networking.