Diabetes Education Program for School Nurses

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

• Describe the etiology and pathophysiology of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes in youth
• Identify current treatment plans and tools utilized in the management of diabetes in children and adolescents and apply them to the school setting
• Review the role food and nutrition play in the management of diabetes
• Describe factors influencing, and methods to maintain, glucose management during exercise and physical activity for youth with diabetes

SCHEDULE -Click here for brochure

Welcome: 8:00-8:15 AM

Etiology & Pathophysiology of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes: 8:15-9:15 AM

Integrating Diabetes Management Plans into the School Day: 9:15-10:15 AM

Break: 10:15-10:30 AM

Managing Exercise During the School Day: 10:30-11:00 AM

Healthy Nutrition and Carbohydrate Counting: 11:00-12:00 PM

Lunch: 12:00-12:30 PM

Beyond Medical Management: 12:30-1:30 PM

Common Dilemmas and Solutions in Diabetes Management: 1:30-2:30 PM

Break: 2:30-2:35 PM

Insulin Pumps, Meters, & Other Technologies: 2:35-3:35 PM

Q&A and Closure: 3:35-3:50 PM

CONTACT HOURS

This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the American Nurses Association Massachusetts, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

6.75 Contact Hours will be provided by completing this entire program.

In order to receive the contact hours, you need to stay for the entire program. Partial credit is unavailable.

CONTENTS

Diabetes: Etiology & Pathophysiology of type 1 and type 2 diabetes

• Incident rates of type 1 and type 2 diabetes
• Prevalence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in children
• Imbalance in dietary intake and energy expenditure leading to childhood obesity
• Interaction of genetic susceptibility and environmental exposures leading to type 1 diabetes
• Diagnosis
• Signs and symptoms goals of therapy

Integrating Diabetes Management Plans into the School Day

• Insulin and insulin regiments
• Delivery systems
• Blood glucose monitoring
• Hyperglycemia
• Hypoglycemia
• Treatment of blood glucose ketone testing

Healthy Nutrition and Carbohydrate Counting: What You Need to Know!

• Goals of nutrition therapy
• Healthy heart eating
• Carbohydrate counting
• Label reading

Managing Exercise During the School Day

• Effect of aerobic and anaerobic exercise on blood glucose
• Changes in insulin sensitivity related to time of day and previous exercise
• Increasing carbohydrate vs. decreasing insulin
• Situations when is it safe to exercise

Beyond Medical Management: Psychosocial Challenges in Youth with Diabetes

• Describe challenges for youth with diabetes
• Diabetes burnout
• Peer issues
• School issues
• Strategies for dealing with challenges
• Case studies

Common Dilemmas and Solutions in Diabetes Management

• Causes of poor glycemic control
• Falsification of blood glucose data
• Insulin omission
• Diabetes burnout (medical perspective)
• Family stressors
• Problem solving
• Family support

Insulin Pumps, Meters, & Other Technologies

• Who’s pumping
• Advantages and disadvantages
• Goals of pump therapy
• Types of insulin pumps
• Calculating insulin doses

FOR MORE INFO

Please visit our School Nurse Program page: www.joslin.org/SchoolNursesEducationProgram for program brochure, schedule of the day, and more information.

PURCHASE ORDER/INVOICE PAYMENT

If you would like to make a payment with a PO, please send a PO to SNP-CC@joslin.harvard.edu prior to register online.

CANCELLATION & REFUND

If you cancel before Wednesday, March 23, we will refund with $25 fee. No refund will be made for cancellation after Wednesday, March 23 or no-show.

LATE REGISTRATION

Program fee is $140 after Wednesday, March 23. No refund will be available.