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Medication & Pharmacy Practice
Insulin and Diabetes Medication Safety
The commonest source of serious avoidable medication harm on a general ward.
professional180 min5 lessons
What you'll learn
- Match an insulin type to a described clinical requirement
- Identify the error risk in a described insulin prescription
- Apply correct treatment to a described hypoglycaemic episode
- Evaluate glucose readings against an appropriate target range
- Apply sick-day guidance to a described scenario
- Recognise a reconciliation failure in a described transition
Course content
5 modules · 5 lessons
1. Insulin Types and Action Profiles
- Insulin Types and Action ProfilesPreview36m
2. Prescribing and Administration Safety
- Prescribing and Administration Safety36m
3. Monitoring and Targets
- Monitoring and Targets36m
4. Hypoglycaemia
- Hypoglycaemia36m
5. Sick Days, Surgery and Transitions
- Sick Days, Surgery and Transitions36m