Abstract: Objective: To investigate the construction of diabetes nursing specialty and the current status of diabetes care quality management in non-endocrine care units in secondary and above hospital in Hunan province. Methods: Two-stage stratified random sampling was used to conduct a survey of 137 secondary and above general hospitals in Hunan province from August 15 to October 15, 2023. Results: Among the 137 hospitals surveyed, 58.39% of the hospitals had established diabetes care teams, 43.80% had set up diabetes education or diabetes care clinics, and 48.91% had implemented hospital-wide blood glucose management. The number of diabetes specialist nurses in the hospital was a factor influencing the construction of diabetes specialties (P<0.05). The score for diabetes care quality management in non-endocrinology departments was (87.20±11.36) points. The dimension with the highest score was insulin injection, and the lowest was health education. The score for diabetes care quality in hospitals that had established diabetes care teams was higher than that in hospitals without such teams (P<0.05). Conclusion: The construction of diabetes care specialties is in its initial stage. The overall level of diabetes care quality management in non-endocrinology departments is good, but there is still a need to pay attention to the management of operational details. In the future, it is necessary to accelerate the speed of constructing diabetes care specialties in hospitals, strengthen the training, management and utilization of diabetes specialist nurses, and promote the high-quality development of diabetes care in hospitals.

Key words: diabetes nursing specialty construction; non-endocrinology department; diabetes nursing quality management; cross-sectional survey