Manage Diabetes

This high intensity program is delivered by AHPRA Registered Nurses.

This program is a co-requisite with injecting where a person with diabetes requires support to implement their diabetes management plan and need regular injections they cannot administer themselves.

This program will allow support staff to support clients who have a diabetes management plan developed and overseen by a health practitioner such as a registered nurse or doctor. Staff need to have been trained by a health practitioner such as a registered nurse and have access to the management plan before providing these supports.

Course outcomes:

• Support a person to implement their diabetes management plan
• Identify and respond to hypoglycaemic episodes
• Monitor and record blood glucose levels (BGLs) or sugar levels (BSLs)
• Follow procedures to calculate dose requirements under direction of a registered nurse
• Have a basic understanding of diabetes
• Factors that affect BGLs/BSLs
• Methods of managing insulin levels including different types of insulin
• Variables that affect insulin deliver such as timing, site selection and rotation
• Common symptoms and risks of low or unstable blood glucose/sugar levels and related responses
• Common complications and sources of expertise e.g. podiatrist

QHA recommends that any provider providing supports for clients with a diabetes management plan have access to a registered nurse or health practitioner to provide support and advise to support staff.

This program is benchmarked against the NDIS skill descriptors and practice standards. Fun and engaging, this program ensures staff members complete the program with the knowledge and foundational skills to support clients according to the NDIS skill descriptors and practice standards.

Our programs are useful for audit, registration, and re-registration purposes. Certificate of completion provided by the Director of Clinical Education – Registered Nurse.

Online theory followed by practical workshops at our Gold Coast Laboratory. Our Clinical Nurse Educators are also able to travel to Brisbane, Logan, Ipswich, Sunshine Coast, Redlands, Cairns, Townsville, and anywhere in Queensland.

These programs are usually delivered to groups. Contact us today for a quote.