Diabetes Care in Children and Young People

Vocational qualification

Online

£ 325 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Vocational qualification

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Class hours

    150h

  • Duration

    9 Months

  • 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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Location

Start date

Online

Start date

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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

Module 1 - The Nature of Type 1 Diabetes
  • What is diabetes?
  • What is type 1 diabetes?
  • How the pancreas works
  • Understanding glucose
  • Understanding insulin
Module 2 - Identification of Young People with Diabetes
  • 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)
Module 3 - Understanding Medication
  • Understanding medication and what is needed
  • How to administer medication
Module 4 - Complications of Diabetes
  • 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
Module 5 - Diet and Lifestyle Changes
  • 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
Module 6 - Living with Diabetes
  • 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
Module 7 - Growing Up with Diabetes
  • 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
Module 9 - Pregnancy
  • Teenage pregnancy in a diabetic
  • What to consider when deciding to have a baby
  • Contraindications of pregnancy
  • Gestational diabetes

Assessment

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

£ 325 VAT inc.