How Sweet It Is! Management of Diabetes Series: Risk Reduction and Management of Complications with Diabetes Part 2

How Sweet It Is! Management of Diabetes Series: Risk Reduction and Management of Complications with Diabetes Part 2 is organized by PharmCon, Inc.

Start Date:Aug 26, 2018
End Date:Feb 26, 2021

Target Audience:
The target audience for this activity is pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and nurses in hospital, community, and retail pharmacy settings.

Credits:
Credits: 1.0 contact hour (0.1 CEU)

Conference Description :
Patients with diabetes often turn to their pharmacist for assistance in smoking cessation, therefore pharmacists need to be knowledgeable in this area. Patients with diabetes also have questions about impotence and sexual intimacy, traveling with diabetes, and the management of pain. This program seeks to increase pharmacist knowledge on how to counsel for these lifestyle considerations in patients with diabetes mellitus. 

Conference Objectives are :
Nurse
• Outline methods to promote smoking cessation in patients with diabetes.
• Report concerns for travel in patients with diabetes.
• Describe the impact of diabetes on sexual intimacy for patients with diabetes.
• Enumerate the causes of pain with diabetes and risk mitigation and management strategies.

Pharmacist
• Explain procedures to promote smoking cessation in patients with diabetes.
• Outline deliberations for travel in patients with diabetes.
• Define the impact of diabetes on sexual intimacy for patients with diabetes.
• Classify the causes of pain with diabetes and risk mitigation and management strategies.

Pharmacy Technician
• Explain approaches to encourage smoking cessation in patients with diabetes.
• Outline considerations for travel in patients with diabetes.
• Demonstrate the impact of diabetes on sexual intimacy for patients with diabetes.
• Classify the causes of pain with diabetes and risk mitigation and management strategies.