Diabetes Care in Children and Young People
Vocational qualification
Online
Description
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Type
Vocational qualification
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Methodology
Online
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Class hours
150h
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Duration
9 Months
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Start date
Different dates available
There are about 35,000 children and young people under the age of 19 with diabetes in the UK. Ninety-six per cent have Type 1. Despite the UK having the fourth highest population of children and young people with diabetes in Europe, there is no standardised approach to care and the UK is one of the worst performing countries in terms of blood glucose control. The World Health Organization estimate that over 347 million people worldwide including 2.9 million people in the UK have diabetes and it is estimated that 630,000 people in the UK have the condition, but don't know it, and did you know that treatment of diabetes costs the NHS an estimated £10 billion a year in hospital beds alone?
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About this course
On this course you will discover:
What Diabetes is
Effects of glucose and Insulin
How to recognise symptoms of type 1 and type 2 diabetes
The side effects of diabetes
How to best care for different groups of people with diabetes.
You don't need any prior skills in the subject area to start this course.
At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Certificate of Achievement by ABC Awards and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the details all of the units you have completed as part of your course).
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Subjects
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Healthy Eating
- Nutrition
- Infection
- Diabetes
- Diet Plan
- Child health
- Medication
- NHS Training
- Child care
- Contra-indications
- Carbohydrates
- Pregnancy
- Diabetes Care in Children and Young People
- Diabetic emergencies
- Gestational diabetes
- Hyperglycaemic
- Ketoacidosis
- Fizzy drinks
- Fruit juices
- Eating diabetic foods
- Heart disease
- Atherosclerosis
- Nephropathy
Course programme
- What is diabetes?
- What is type 1 diabetes?
- How the pancreas works
- Understanding glucose
- Understanding insulin
- Recognising the symptoms of type 1 diabetes
- Recognising the symptoms of type 2 diabetes
- Diabetes in babies
- Diabetes in children
- Diabetes in teenagers
- Type 2 diabetes in children
- Older people with type 1 diabetes
- Diabetes Insipidus (DI)
- Understanding medication and what is needed
- How to administer medication
- Atherosclerosis
- Heart disease
- Strokes
- Diabetic kidney disease (nephropathy)
- Diabetic eye problems
- Diabetic retinopathy
- Cataracts
- Glaucoma
- Diabetic neuropathy
- Susceptibility to infection such as urinary tract infections (UTIs)
- Skin and mouth conditions
- Osteoporosis
- Hearing problems
- Impotence and erectile problems
- High cholesterol
- Gastroparesis
- Ketones
- Diet
- Eating diabetic foods
- Sweets and treats
- Diets to avoid
- Eating plan for a diabetic
- Experimenting with alcohol
- Understanding carbohydrates
- Fats
- Fizzy drinks and fruit juices
- The importance of water
- How the service user deals with the condition
- How the parents/carers deal with a diagnosis
- Caring for children with diabetes
- What teachers need to know about their students
- Living with the condition as they age
- Problems faced in teenage years
- The limitations of being a diabetic
- Questions that the sufferers ask
- Module 8 - Diabetic Emergencies
- Having a hypoglycaemic episode
- Having a hyperglycaemic episode
- Ketoacidosis
- Teenage pregnancy in a diabetic
- What to consider when deciding to have a baby
- Contraindications of pregnancy
- Gestational diabetes
Each unit is followed by a written tutor marked assignment (TMA), which is submitted and then marked by your tutor. You will not be required to take an external exam.
Diabetes Care in Children and Young People