Diabetes Pharmacology
Course Overview
The purpose of this course is to meet the needs of healthcare professionals seeking a better understanding of the actions, dosages, onset of action, and adverse effects of diabetes medications in order to provide optimal care to their patient population.
Learning Outcomes
Upon the completion of this course, the learner should be able to:
- Outline the epidemiology of diabetes in the United States.
- Describe normal fuel metabolism and the pathogenesis of type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
- Analyze the current state of diabetes research.
- Identify the diagnostic criteria and screening guidelines for diabetes.
- Discuss the role of sulfonylureas in the treatment of diabetes, including potential side effects.
- Review the pharmacology of nonsulfonylurea secretagogues.
- Compare and contrast the alpha-glucosidase inhibitors available for the treatment of diabetes.
- Describe the role of metformin in diabetes management.
- Assess the strengths and weaknesses of thiazolidinediones and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors to control blood glucose levels.
- Identify various bolus insulin options, and outline the risk and response to related hyperglycemic crises.
- Discuss the importance of basal insulin in the treatment of type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
- Compare the efficacy and actions of incretin mimetics and amylin analogs.
- Choose key topics that should be included in patient education plans for individuals being treated with oral or injectable diabetes medications.
About the Author/Presenter
Diane Thompson, RN, MSN, CDE, CLNC, has an extensive history in nursing and nursing education. She possesses a strong background in diabetes and cardiac care, starting her professional career at the cardiac care area of the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Ms. Thompson took the knowledge and experience she learned from the Cleveland Clinic and transferred it into the home health arena in rural Ohio, after which she moved to Florida and obtained further knowledge while working as a PRN nurse in all areas, including medical/surgical, intensive care, emergency, critical care, and cardiology. With a desire to have a specific area to concentrate her profession, Ms. Thompson accepted a position as a pneumonia case manager, which led into a diabetes case manager career.
Ms. Thompson has been employed in diabetes care since 2001, when she was hired as a diabetes case manager. After the completion of 1,000 hours of education to diabetes patients, Ms. Thompson earned her certification as a diabetes educator in 2003. From 2006 to 2018, Ms. Thompson was the Director of Diabetes Healthways at Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Florida. As the director of the diabetes center, Ms. Thompson was responsible for the hospital diabetes clinicians, hospital wound care clinicians, and out-patient education program. Today, she is the nurse manager of a heart, vascular, and pulmonary ambulatory clinic at Metro Health System in Cleveland, Ohio. Ms. Thompson has also lectured at the local, state, and national level regarding diabetes and the hospital management of hyperglycemia. Ms. Thompson is a member of the ADA, AADE, Florida Nurses Association, and the National Alliance of Certified Legal Nurse Consultants.
Ms. Thompson acknowledges her family as her greatest accomplishment. She is a wife of more than 30 years and a mother of a daughter and son, of which she is very proud. Ms. Thompson credits her husband for the support needed to set a goal and achieve it. He has been by her side through nursing school and completion of her Bachelor's degree and Master's degree, which she was awarded in 2015 from Jacksonville University in Florida.
Audience/Accreditations and Approvals
TRC Healthcare/ NetCE
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by TRC Healthcare/ NetCE. TRC Healthcare/NetCE 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 course is designed for the following healthcare professions (select your profession for details):
Nursing, Pharmacy
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