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A31 Insulin and the patient with type 2 Diabetes

Course summary

This training day will help primary care health care professionals understand and manage insulin initiation in clinical practice. Patients with type 2 diabetes who require insulin therapy are increasingly managed in the primary care setting and research shows almost half of type 2 patients will require insulin within 7-10 years of diagnosis.

Who should attend?

Nurse practitioners
Practice nurses
Community matrons

Important notes

INCLUDED:
Equipment, course materials, evaluation and certificate of attendance

Cost

Course duration Course CPD In-house Course
1 day(s) 7 hour(s) POA


In-house enquiry

Aims / objectives

  • Identify patients who require insulin initiation.
  • Describe appropriate treatment for insulin initiation according to the individual's needs.
  • Define strategies to titrate therapy to achieve glycaemic targets.
  • All objectives are linked to the knowledge and skills framework.

Course programme

  • Why and when to initiate insulin therapy - the evidence for insulin initiation in type 2 diabetes insulin.
  • Preparing and empowering people on insulin therapy.
  • Insulin types and regimens.
  • Monitoring blood glucose and treating to target.
  • Insulin devices and injection techniques.
  • Titrating insulin doses.

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