Diabetes—Blood Glucose Monitoring

What's covered on the day?

This course will be delivered by one of our leading tutors who has many years of experience within the field. This is what every delegate who is looking after a person with Diabetes needs in order to be able to monitor blood sugar levels, help regulate their disease and administer medication in support of their health and well being.

Assessment

The day will run with both Formative and Summative assessments taking place and a practical element that covers the use of equipment provided by the Care Environment. This will be for training purposes and to ensure that training is applicable to the equipment that is actually used and to ensure competency of Delegates attending.

Certificates of Competency will be issued.

Learning Objectives

• To understand what Diabetes is
• To know the role of Blood Glucose Monitoring
• To understand the difference between normal and excessive blood glucose levels
• How to test blood glucose levels
• To be aware of equipment available for this purpose
• To be able to manage the irregularities that may be seen with Blood Glucose Monitoring