It can take a lot of encouragement and listening, she said

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Burn out can be real among patients with diabetes, even among patients who have done well in caring for
themselves for long periods of time.
Diabetes can be very, very burdensome, she said. Everybody can get burned out.
That, she said, is when nurses can step in and reassure patients, reminding them not only how to
manage their condition, but also why they should stick with it.
We need to be very understanding, to know what its like to live with a chronic condition, she said