Study Guide: Managing Diabetes and Hyperglycemia in the Hospital Setting: A Clinician's Guide
This continuing education activity, Managing Diabetes and Hyperglycemia in the Hospital Setting: A Clinician’s Guide, consists of a book of the same title by Boris Draznin, MD, PhD, and this study guide. This activity is designed to help you better manage patients with diabetes and hyperglycemia in the hospital setting. It is also designed to help you earn 35 continuing education credits for dietetics (CDR CPEU).
Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, nutrition professionals will be better able to:
- Evaluate, assess, and manage blood glucose and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) values.
- Apply findings from recent research that will assist you to manage medications, such as oral and insulin agents.
- Determine therapeutic target blood glucose ranges specific to acuity levels in the inpatient setting.
- Evaluate, assess, and manage patients that present with hypo- and hyperglycemia.
- Determine appropriate content, time frames, and outcomes for the provision of education to health care providers on core diabetes education management.
Additional Information
Jennifer Tomesko, DCN, RD, CNSC, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical and Preventive Nutrition Sciences at Rutgers University in the School of Health Professions. She is the program director for the Master of Science in Clinical Nutrition for Aspiring Dietitians. Jennifer teaches evidence informed practice and scientific inquiry, management and food service, and is a research advisor for MSCN students in clinical practice-based research methods and capstone project. She also teaches nutrition-focused physical examination for students and for preceptors of the program.
Prior to her role in academia Jennifer has worked in acute care for 18 years as a Registered Dietitian, of which 13 years she worked as a clinical nutrition manager. She also provided leadership support and mentoring to new dietitians and managers in the field. Jennifer was an active preceptor and educator in the hospital setting for students and interns.
She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Delaware, Master of Science in Clinical Nutrition at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Doctorate in Clinical Nutrition at Rutgers University. Jennifer completed her dietetic internship at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She has been a certified nutrition support clinician since 1999 and is actively involved in the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Jennifer continues to sit on various committees and is currently an Accreditation Council for the Education of Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) Program Reviewer and Board Member.
Disclosures:
Jennifer Tomesko, DCN, RD, CNSC, faculty for this activity, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
The planners for this educational activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
An “ineligible company” includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
In support of improving patient care, Great Valley Publishing Company (publisher of Wolf Rinke Associates) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This activity will also award credit for dietetics (CDR CPEU).
RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Sphere and Competency selection is at the learner’s discretion
Available Credit
- 35.00 CDR