Education Program for School Nurses

The Diabetes Education Program for School Nurses will next be held on Saturday, March 31, 2012 from 8:15am-4:30pm at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, MA.

This one-day program is designed to provide school nurses with up-to-date diabetes information in order to create a safe learning environment for students with diabetes. Upon completion of the program, participants will be able to:

• Describe the etiology and pathophysiology of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes in youth
• Identify current treatment plans and tools utilized in the management of diabetes in children and adolescents and apply them to the school setting
• Review the role food and nutrition play in the management of diabetes
• Discuss what optimal diabetes management entails, listing 2 new treatment possibilities under development

6.25 contact hours will be offered for nurses.

Click here to download brochure/registration form (.pdf)