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DIABETES MANAGEMENT: 

AN APPROACH THAT’S NOT SUGAR COATED

COURSE DESCRIPTION:   

Diabetes has been around for centuries.  People with diabetes, their families, and health care providers have many encouraging and successful management tools and a hopeful future.  Innovative approaches in diabetes care are evident in the sphere of nutrition guidelines and choices including carbohydrate counting, new oral medications and successful combination therapies, new insulin and its administration including insulin pens and the insulin pump, and advanced glucose monitoring systems. Preventing the onset of diabetes, especially among our nation’s youth, should be a high priority of care and education. Even more exciting is the concept of self-care and self-management as the basis for diabetes treatment and education in this age of managed care.  For the entire health care team, the challenges in diabetes care and management become opportunities for growth and change.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Upon completion of this seminar, the participant will be able to

1.       Relate facts about diabetes, including pathophysiology, screening and diagnosis criteria, and impact and prevention of short and long term complications.

2.       Relate the factors of intensive management, including healthy nutrition, exercise, stress reduction, and medication.

3.       Identify nutritional choices, especially carbohydrate counting, available to persons with diabetes.

4.           Discuss the new technologies available for diabetes treatment and self-   management,      including insulin administration devices as insulin pens and pumps and glucose monitors.

COURSE LENGTH:             7 Contact Hours

COURSE OUTLINE:

8:30  - 9:45 AM            I.          The Facts About Diabetes

A.        Impact of Diabetes

B.         Pathophysiology

9:45 - 10:15 AM           II.         Standards of Care

                                      A.        Team Approach

B.         Self-Management

10:15 – 10:30 AM        Break

10:30 - 12 Noon          II.         Standards of Care (Continued)

C.                 Education

D.                 Prevention of Complications

12 Noon - 1:00 PM     Lunch

1:00  - 2:15 PM            III.       Framework for Managing Diabetes

A.                 Medication

B.         Nutrition

2:15  – 3:00 PM            Hands-on Session with Monitors, Pens, and Pumps

3:00  - 3:50 PM            III.       Framework for Managing Diabetes (Continued)

C.                 Exercise 

D.       Management of Hypoglycemia

E.                 Stress Reduction

F.                  Glucose Monitoring

3:50  - 4:00 PM            Questions and Evaluations

PRESENTATION STRATEGIES:  Lecture, Powerpoint presentation, Interactive problem solving, and hands-on experience with insulin administration devices and glucose monitors.

Wini Schaedel, ARNP, BC-ADM, MSN, CDE

Clinical Nurse Specialist and Certified Diabetes Educator

888 Westchester Avenue

Salina, KS  67401

785-820-8818

email:  winidcs@sbcglobal.net

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