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Clinical practice guides - Diabetes education

Education Pathways

• Type 2 diabetes
• Type 1 diabetes
• Pre-existing diabetes in pregnancy
• Gestational diabetes

Evidence summaries

• Understanding diabetes
• Nutrition & diabetes  (under review)
• Physical activity
• Medication
• Insulin administration checklist
• Monitoring glucose and ketones
• Competency tests (Integrated Cardiovascular Clinical Network CHSA)
• Foot Care  (under review)
• Foot risk assessment and referral form
• Foot risk assessment guide
• Hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia
• Long term complications
• Psychosocial

Documentation standards

There are clinical and corporate risks if diabetes education documentation is not adequate.

The package aims to provide tools for diabetes educators to:

• keep appropriate records
• undertake an assessment and education process
• track client’s progress in diabetes education and self-management
• maintain an effective and efficient working relationship within the team
• develop and maintain an accurate system for the collection of statistics.

• Diabetes Assessment and Education Protocol   Updated 24 days ago
• Diabetes assessment form MR-DAF (example)   Updated 24 days ago
• Diabetes in pregnancy assessment form MR-DIP (example)   Updated 24 days ago

 

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