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

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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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