Endocrine Abstracts

The competence of endocrine nurse in the treatment of adrenal insufficiency (AI) is defined by the competence framework. Here is distinguished into Competent, proficient and expert. In these points, the nurse’s knowledge is presented and gives a good overview of already acquired knowledge and things to be learned. With the acquired knowledge the endocrine nurse is intended to treat, train and support patients with AI as far as possible. Due to differences in the health systems of the countries in Europe, not all approaches are possible. Here the example of Germany is shown how patients with AI are provided with a national training program and the competence framework is also applied.