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The Diabetes and Pump Education Program for School Nurses is a full day program designed by the pediatric staff at the Joslin Diabetes Center under the direction of Lori Laffel, M.D., M.P.H., Joslin's Chief of the Pediatric, Adolescent and Young Adult Section. The program will provide school nurses with a greater understanding of the management of school-age children and adolescents wearing insulin pumps.
Learning Objectives:
- To identify reasons for pump therapy
- To discuss factors that predict successful pump therapy
- To better understand which pediatric patients are the best candidates for pump therapy
- To review the calculation of insulin doses
- To review the different pumps on the market and receive hands-on instruction with each pump
Program will award 2.75 contact hours.
If you have any questions, please contact Heidi Pound, M.P.H., at (617) 732-2699, extension 4530, or at heidi.pound@joslin.harvard.edu.
This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses, Inc., an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
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Upcoming Dates and Registration
Saturday, November 1, 2008
7:30 - 4:30 pm
Joslin Diabetes Center
One Joslin Place
Boston, MA 02215
If you would like to attend, please print out the brochure and send the completed registration form and check or money order to:
Heidi Pound, M.P.H.
Joslin Diabetes Center
One Joslin Place, Room 362
Boston, MA 02215 |
