Nursing Academy · MINC-NM-007
Nursing Management of Diabetes Mellitus
Nursing Management of Diabetes Mellitus was selected because it addresses an important nursing responsibility with direct implications for patient safety, continuity and quality of care. The module progresses from foundational concepts through assessment, nursing action, communication, evaluation and an integrated practice-improvement exercise.
40 CPD credit hours · 40 one-hour units · 2400 minutes · Coming soon
MINC is still writing this module. Its units are listed below so you can see what is coming; none of them can be started or bought yet.
Module aim
Diabetes demands continuous self-management support and risk reduction. Nurses frequently identify dysglycaemia, teach monitoring and medicines, prevent foot complications, respond to acute emergencies and coordinate long-term screening.
What you will be able to do
- By the end of the module, the learner will be able to explain diabetes types, diagnosis and person-centred goals.
- By the end of the module, the learner will be able to perform and teach safe glucose monitoring.
- By the end of the module, the learner will be able to support nutrition, activity, medication and insulin self-management.
- By the end of the module, the learner will be able to recognise and respond to hypo- and hyperglycaemic emergencies.
- By the end of the module, the learner will be able to coordinate complication screening, foot care and continuity.
Units
- Diabetes burden and the nursing role (60 min)
- Glucose physiology and insulin action (60 min)
- Types and causes of diabetes (60 min)
- Risk factors and prevention of type 2 diabetes (60 min)
- Symptoms and clinical presentation (60 min)
- Diagnostic tests and interpretation pathways (60 min)
- Person-centred assessment after diagnosis (60 min)
- Individualised glycaemic goals (60 min)
- Capillary blood glucose testing (60 min)
- Meter quality control and infection prevention (60 min)
- HbA1c and longer-term monitoring (60 min)
- Nutrition assessment and healthy eating principles (60 min)
- Carbohydrate awareness and meal planning (60 min)
- Physical activity and exercise safety (60 min)
- Weight management and respectful communication (60 min)
- Diabetes self-management education and support (60 min)
- Oral glucose-lowering medicines overview (60 min)
- Injectable therapies overview (60 min)
- Insulin types and action profiles (60 min)
- Insulin storage and cold-chain safety (60 min)
- Insulin preparation and injection technique (60 min)
- Injection-site rotation and lipohypertrophy (60 min)
- Hypoglycaemia recognition (60 min)
- Immediate treatment and prevention of recurrent hypoglycaemia (60 min)
- Hyperglycaemia and sick-day assessment (60 min)
- Diabetic ketoacidosis warning signs (60 min)
- Hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state warning signs (60 min)
- Diabetes during acute illness and hospitalisation (60 min)
- Blood pressure and cardiovascular risk reduction (60 min)
- Kidney disease screening and nursing follow-up (60 min)
- Eye screening and referral (60 min)
- Neuropathy assessment (60 min)
- Comprehensive foot examination (60 min)
- Foot-care education and ulcer prevention (60 min)
- Diabetes in pregnancy: nursing awareness (60 min)
- Diabetes in children and adolescents (60 min)
- Diabetes in older adults and frailty (60 min)
- Psychosocial wellbeing and diabetes distress (60 min)
- Continuity, registers and quality indicators (60 min)
- Integrated diabetes case and self-management plan (60 min)
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