Confident Diabetes Management – The toolkit for Nurses in Independent Schools

Course Aim

This interactive course allows colleagues to update their Diabetes management skills, enabling them to play an effective part in the multi-disciplinary team that is required for the successful day-to-day support of students with Diabetes.

The course is led by a School Nurse with 16 years’ experience as a Clinical Nurse Specialist for Young People with Diabetes and a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Paediatric Diabetes currently working in a Paediatric Diabetes Team.

Key learning objectives:

• Understanding Type 1 and 2 Diabetes
• Practical ways to encourage pupils to actively manage insulin delivery, including insulin pump therapy
• Understanding the psycho-social implications for pupils living with Diabetes
• Identifying and effectively managing the short term complications of Diabetes – hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia
• The importance of screening to reduce the risk of long term complications
• Effective blood glucose monitoring
• Understanding ‘carbohydrate counting’
• Helping young people manage their Diabetes around alcohol, exams, sport and travel
• Managing Type 2 Diabetes in young people
• Latest research and useful resources

Course Fees are £279 +VAT per person. Discounts available for 2+ colleagues