New technologies to manage blood glucose and foot ulcers in diabetic patients

Overview

This activity is designed to address the following core and team competencies: Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Employ evidence-based practice, and Teams & Teamwork.

Objectives

At the completion of this activity, learners should be able to:

• List key facts and figures about insulin-dependent diabetes
• Discuss complications of diabetes
• Identify the impact of diabetic foot ulcers on the lives of patients
• Describe preventative care for diabetes foot care
• Identify goals of diabetes management
• Discuss advances in diabetes management technologies and improvements over traditional medical management
• Recognize newest products for advanced diabetes management
• Identify available "Smart Pump" Technology insulin pumps and their benefits
• Discuss best practices to initiate insulin pump therapy

Intended audience

This activity is designed for nurses who regularly treat patients with diabetes.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, CineMed is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

• This educational activity is approved for 1 contact hour for nurses.
• All other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation.

Disclosure

The provider adheres to accreditation requirements regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Disclosure of the planning committee and faculty's commercial relationships will be made known at the activity. Speakers are required to openly disclose any limitations of data and/or any discussion of any off-label, experimental, or investigational uses of drugs or devices in their presentations. - All provider employees and activity contributors in control of content have indicated that they have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Non-endorsement statement

The provider verifies that sound education principles have been demonstrated in the development of this educational offering as evidenced by the review of its objectives, teaching plan, faculty, and activity evaluation process. The provider does not endorse or support the actual opinions or material content as presented by the speaker(s) and/or sponsoring organization.

This activity is being supported by an educational grant from Cardinal Health.