Assessing Nurses’ Knowledge of Diabetic Foot Care

Tunisia in particular is experiencing an alarming rise in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes. Given that nurses are the first people involved in foot care and education for people with diabetes, it would be useful to carry out our work with a view to improving the quality of foot care for people with diabetes. This is an exhaustive descriptive cross-sectional quantitative study carried out between August 2023 and October 2023 in two university hospitals of Sousse and in the regional hospital of Gafsa. A total of 149 copies with valid answers were collected. In 62.4% of cases, the nurses surveyed reported that they did not have podiatrists working with them on their departments, 26.2% had podiatrists occasionally and 11.4% continuously. This proves that continuing training is essential in all areas of healthcare, to reinforce current knowledge.