Type 2 Diabetes in Youth: A Growing Concern
Course #92454 - $30 -
- Participation Instructions
- Review the course material online or in print.
- Complete the course evaluation.
- Review your Transcript to view and print your Certificate of Completion. Your date of completion will be the date (Pacific Time) the course was electronically submitted for credit, with no exceptions. Partial credit is not available.
Because diabetes is a long-term illness that requires lifestyle adaptation, this course will discuss interventions within the context of the developmental issues of childhood and adolescence. Further attention will be given to the impact that this chronic disease has upon the family as well as the importance of family support in its management. Upon completion of this course, the reader will have an increased understanding of the growing trend in type 2 diabetes among youth, its causes, and the implications related to its management and prevention.
- INTRODUCTION
- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
- LONG-TERM COMPLICATIONS
- RISK FACTORS FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES IN YOUTH
- CLINICAL PRESENTATION
- DIAGNOSIS AND SCREENING
- TREATMENT
- REDUCTION AND MONITORING OF LONG-TERM COMPLICATIONS
- DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES
- COUNSELING PARENTS OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES
- PREVENTION OF TYPE 2 DIABETES IN YOUTH
- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
- RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN WITH DIABETES
- Works Cited
- Evidence-Based Practice Recommendations Citations
This course is designed for all pediatric and medical/surgical staff as well as counselors, therapists, and social workers who work with youth with type 2 diabetes.
The purpose of this course is to introduce the reader to nursing and health care issues related to type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents. As the prevalence of this problem continues to grow, the need to understand how we can prevent and treat this condition becomes more imperative.
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Describe the relationship between obesity, the modern lifestyle, and type 2 diabetes in youth.
- Differentiate important characteristics of prediabetes, type 1 diabetes, and type 2 diabetes.
- Identify microvascular and macrovascular complications of diabetes.
- Discuss major risk factors associated with type 2 diabetes in youth.
- Identify clinical presentation and diagnostic criteria of type 2 diabetes in youth.
- Discuss the importance of diet and exercise as a primary treatment modality for type 2 diabetes in youth.
- Identify pharmacologic approaches to type 2 diabetes in youth.
- Describe standards of care for the monitoring and prevention of long-term complications of type 2 diabetes.
- Describe appropriate counseling interventions for parents of children with diabetes.
Susan Semb, MSN, CDCES, is a retired RN who received her Master's degree in nursing from the University of San Diego. Her nursing experience includes direct patient care, case management, staff development, program development, and health education. She spent the majority of her nursing career working as a diabetes educator in the health education department of a major health maintenance organization. Ms. Semb has also authored other continuing education courses for nurses published by NetCE and contributed to nursing books and other publications. In her retirement, Ms. Semb enjoys travel, line dancing, and pursuing an interest in antiques and vintage items.
Contributing faculty, Susan Semb, MSN, CDCES, has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.
Mary Franks, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
Alice Yick Flanagan, PhD, MSW
The division planners have disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.
Sarah Campbell
The Director of Development and Academic Affairs has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.
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