An open approach to a delicate subject: management of diabetes-related sexual problems

1. Diabetes nurse specialists need to help people with diabetes towards better sexual health. 2. Management of a change in practice takes time, and nurses need support and encouragement to effect this. 3. A survey was devised to encourage nurses to identify their feelings about diabetes-related impotence. 4. An open approach is required to enable people with diabetes to speak freely about their impotence.