Endocrine Abstracts

Over the past few years the number of children identified with vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency across the UK has increased. The Department of Health has recently reiterated the guidance for practitioners regarding at risk groups requiring surveillance and treatment recommendations. An audit in 2011 demonstrated that 30% of the children presenting to the paediatric orthopaedic service with musculoskeletal symptoms had vitamin D insufficiency or deficiency.<p class="abste...

Background: There have been a number of drivers that have led nurses to take on extended roles that have been traditionally been the domain of doctors. Competency frameworks for specialist nurses have been developed in other paediatric specialities, such as diabetes, oncology and epilepsy. However, this has not been established for paediatric endocrine nurses.Aim: To establish a competency framework for paediatric endocrine nurse specialists.<p class...