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CE1017 | Contact Hours: 2
Diabetic Foot Ulcer Management
COURSE OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this course is to educate health care professional about diabetic foot ulcer management. After completing this course, you will be able to:
1. Identify a diabetic foot ulcer.
2. Determine best practices for the evaluation of a foot ulcer.
3. Classify a diabetic foot ulcer.
4. Identify the roles of nurses in diabetic foot ulcer management.
5. List different treatment options for diabetic foot ulcers.
RELEASE DATE
07/05/2022
EXPIRATION DATE
07/05/2024
AUTHOR
Rachel Botkin, PT, MPT
CRITERIA FOR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION
All learners must complete the entire activity and complete the evaluation to receive contact hours.
APPROVAL STATEMENT (ACCREDITATION INFORMATION)
This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the Ohio Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. (OBN-001-91).
In addition to states that accept American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) courses, CE Leaders is an approved provider by the Florida Board of Nursing, and a registered provider with the Arkansas State Board of Nursing, District of Columbia Board of Nursing, Georgia Board of Nursing, Kentucky Board of Nursing, New Mexico Board of Nursing, South Carolina Board of Nursing and West Virginia Board of Registered Nurses (Provider # 50-33450).
RELEVANT FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIP
No one with the ability to control content of this activity has a relevant financial relationship with an ineligible company.
INTRODUCTION
Diabetes is a chronic (long-lasting) health condition that affects how the body turns food into energy. Most of the food eaten is broken down into sugar and released into the bloodstream. When a person’s blood sugar rises, the pancreas releases insulin which acts like a key to let the blood sugar into cells to be used as energy. In people with diabetes, the body does not make enough insulin or it cannot use insulin as well as it should. When this happens, too much blood sugar remains in the bloodstream which can cause serious health problems like heart disease, vision loss and kidney disease (1).
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 37.3 million or 11.3% of people in the US have diabetes. There are also over 120 million people with prediabetes which includes 96 million people aged 18 years or older and 26.4 million people aged 65 years or older (2). Prediabetes is a health condition where the blood sugar is high but not high enough to be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes (1).
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