Diabetes Today Online Course
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ediba Diabetes Center of Excellence
Diabetes Today: an update for healthcare professionals is a workshop that provides the most current information about diabetes and hyperglycemia care and management for professionals in health care disciplines who provide care for people with diabetes or stress hyperglycemia. This is an aggressive program with a full agenda and continuously evolving content.
Diabetes Today:
- increases awareness of diabetes and hyperglycemia in health care facilities and "changes the culture" regarding diabetes/ hyperglycemia care and management.
- has been offered for over 10 years and has reached over 6,000 healthcare professionals.
- is an integral part of our inpatient program and has enabled us to help hospitals decrease length-of-stay, increase quality of care, and increase revenue.
The topics covered are:
- Disease Process
- Long Term Complications
- Nutrition
- Medication Update
- Inpatient Management of Diabetes and Hyperglycemia (includes DKA and HHS)
- Acute Complications- Hypoglycemia
- Management Strategies
The intended audience includes all healthcare professionals in the institutions we serve, who "touch" a person with
diabetes--nurses, dietitians, pharmacists, social workers, physical therapists, physician assistants, and physicians. Continuing education credits are available for nurses and dietitians--a certificate of contact hours is available for other health professionals.
Due to the large numbers of nurses who attend, special emphasis is placed on providing information relevant to the nursing profession.
Specific goals for nurses are to:
- be empowered to implement, as well as advocate, the highest
recommended standards of diabetes management practice in
caring for patients in both the inpatient and outpatient settings
- be able to apply the knowledge gained from the workshop in
improving clinical care of people with diabetes through enhanced
problem-solving and decision-making, allowing timely intervention
in problems related to diabetes management.
The ediba Diabetes Center and Excellence and the University of Oklahoma College of Nursing have collaborated to offer Diabetes Today Online. To learn more about enrolling in this program click on this link:
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