Diabetes Type 2: Prevention, Symptoms, and Treatment

1. Review the underlying causes of diabetes.
2. Describe the incidence, prevalence, costs, and groups at risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
3. Discuss prevention strategies for persons at risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
4. Describe the assessment and screening criteria used to diagnose and monitor patients.
5. Review current recommendations for treating persons with type 2 diabetes.
6. Describe the components of a long-term plan of care for persons with diabetes.
7. Explain the necessary lifestyle modifications for these individuals.
8. Discuss the most serious complications associated with type 2 diabetes and their effective treatment interventions.

Nursing

Type 2 diabetes: causes, prevention strategies for patients at risk, assessment and screening criteria, treatment, complications, and long-term plan of care.

• Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
• Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #12300.
• Nurse practitioners may apply these contact hours to pharmacy continuing education and prescriptive authorization.

Paramedic/EMT

• Wild Iris Medical Education is an approved provider for paramedic and EMT continuing education in California by the Coastal Valleys EMS Agency: CE Provider #49-0057.

Occupational Therapy

Type 2 diabetes: causes, prevention strategies for patients at risk, assessment and screening criteria, treatment, complications, and long-term plan of care.

• Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., is an approved provider of continuing education by the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), Provider #3313. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA. Courses offered by AOTA approved providers are accepted by the NBCOT Certification Renewal program.

Physical Therapy

Type 2 diabetes: causes, prevention strategies for patients at risk, assessment and screening criteria, treatment, complications, and long-term plan of care.

• Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., is a Continuing Competency Approval Agency recognized by the Physical Therapy Board of California.
• Approval of physical therapy continuing education credit varies by state. Confirm approval with your state’s licensing agency before you take the course for CE credit. See Physical Therapy CE Approval for more information.

Contact Hours: 7.00

Course Availability: Expires 2023-10-01