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Overview
Overview
The purpose of this course is to communicate current information about diabetes, including new developments and changes from previous practice standards.
Goals and Outcomes
Goals and Learning Outcomes
Diabetes is a chronic condition that has reached epidemic proportions in the U.S.  Every healthcare professional needs to be aware of current diabetes practices. The purpose of this course is to communicate current information about diabetes, including new developments and changes from previous practice standards, which will enable healthcare professionals to provide safe, optimal care, and effective patient education. The goal of this educational program is to provide nurses in acute care with current information about diabetes, including new developments and changes from previous practice standards.

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  • Discuss the importance of blood glucose control during hospitalization
  • Describe the action and timing of insulins
  • Identify the main types of diabetes and recommendations for treatment
  • Identify the main types of diabetes and recommendations for treatment.
  • Identify pre-diabetes and recommendations for treatment.
  • Describe the action profile and timing of administration of insulins.
  • Describe the action profile of oral and non-insulin injectable diabetes medications.
  • Discuss the importance of glycemic control during hospitalization.

Course Termination Date: 01/06/24

Content Expiration Date: 01/06/24

Course Originally Released On: 05/01/19
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Course Details

Course Originally Released on : 5/1/2019

REL-ACU-0-60168

Course Author

Elizabeth Kellerman

MSN, RN

Phyllis Bruno

MSN, RN, CDE

Debra Anscombe Wood

BS, RN

Catie Prinzing

MSN, APRN, CNS-BC

Accreditations
Accreditations

NURSES
In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791

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Disclaimer: Not all courses will provide California Board of Registered Nursing approval. Per California Assembly Bill No. 241, continuing education courses related to direct patient care shall address at least one or a combination of the following:(1) Examples of how implicit bias affects perceptions and treatment decisions of licensees, leading to disparities in health outcomes; or (2) Strategies to address how unintended biases in decision-making may contribute to health care disparities by shaping behavior and producing differences in medical treatment along lines of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.

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Relias LLC reports to CEBroker for the following boards (Provider # 50-1489): Arkansas State Board Of Nursing, District Of Columbia Board Of Nursing, Florida Board Of Nursing, Georgia Board Of Nursing, New Mexico Board Of Nursing, South Carolina Board Of Nursing and West Virginia Board Of Examiners For Registered Professional Nurses
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Disclosures
None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.