Thursday, May 1st, 2025
Diabetes workshop for Senior Health Care Assistants and Registered Nurses
Silver Springs Care Home La Route des Genets JE3 8DB Jersey
Details
Unregistered attendees must have complete
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the NVQ / QCF Level 3 and medications module
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ior to attendance.
Attendees will have a workbook to complete prior to attendance, which will be sent out a week before the course please check your spam
Why should you attend?
Enable you to support your clients who have diabetes and take delegated responsibility for blood sugar monitoring and insulin administration.
What skills will you take away?
Blood sugar monitoring
Insulin administration
Why should you pay?
·· Having staff trained in this field could benefit the care home and make them more attractive to prospective clients
What are the SMART
learning outcomes for the course?
• Be aware of different types of diabetes
• Identify main complications of untreated diabetes
• Safely undertake blood glucose & ketone monitoring
• Identify signs of hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia
• Understand medications in diabetes care
• Understand how insulin works and safe administration
• Be aware of sick day rules and when to seek medical advice
The carers need to have an have annual reassessment. If someone doesn’t get assessed in 12 months from attending the course they should re-attend the training.