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CE457
1.0 hr Nurses Can Be 'Diabetes Detectives'

Beverly Dyck Thomassian, RN, MPH, BC-ADM

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Course Objectives: The goal of this program is to provide nurses with strategies to detect common, yet often underdiagnosed, complications associated with hyperglycemia and diabetes. After studying the information presented here, you will be able to:
  • Identify common, yet often underdiagnosed, complications associated with hyperglycemia, diabetes, and weight gain.
  • Identify common, yet often underdiagnosed, complications associated with hyperglycemia, diabetes, and weight loss.
  • Describe how medications, organ transplants, and chronic illnesses can cause hyperglycemia.


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