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Safe Use of Insulin: Prepare and Prescribe

Course Overview

Format

Introductory Course
1 Study Hour
Online Study
Self-Printed Certificate

Accreditation

1 CPD hour
CPD Certified

Course description

The course aims to prevent these incidents from occurring by providing learners with knowledge and advice to reduce harms associated with insulin use in the healthcare setting and promote safe insulin use.

Between August 2003 and August 2009, the NPSA received 3,881 wrong dose incidents involving insulin and included one death and one incident of severe harm.

The safe use of insulin course aims to prevent these incidents from occurring by providing learners with knowledge and advice to reduce harms associated with insulin use in the healthcare setting and promote safe insulin use.

It is aimed at professionals who care for individuals with diabetes and is relevant for those working in a number of different environments, including NHS and mental health trusts.

Upon completion of this safe use of insulin course, learners will:

Understand the risks involved in wrong dose incidents
Know common errors during the application of insulin
Know where responsibility lies when prescribing
Understand safer prescribing measures
Know prescribing protocols
Understand procedures when discharging patients
Know about Insulin Passports

The use of insulin course has been created with a number of subject matter experts, who understand the full requirements of the mandatory training intimately.

Lesson Plan

Welcome and learning objectives
Common errors
How to safely prescribe
Prescription protocols
Take-home prescriptions
Summary and conclusion

Accreditation

The content of this course has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.

Duration

Approximately 1 hour. The length of time taken depends entirely on how quickly you can study and absorb the material. You can proceed as quickly or slowly as you like.

Target Audience

All professionals who work in environments where they need to care for individuals with diabetes.

Entry Requirements

There are no specific requirements for this course.

Further Training

We offer a wide range of CPD approved online healthcare courses including Safe Use of Insulin: Administration, Statutory & Mandatory Training: Clinical Package and Statutory & Mandatory Training: Safeguarding Children and Young People Level 3.

You will learn

Understand the risks involved in wrong dose incidents

Know common errors

Know where responsibility lies when prescribing

Understand safer prescribing measures

Know prescribing protocols

Understand procedures when discharging patients

Know about Insulin Passports

Who is it for?

Roles including:

All professionals who work in environments where they need to care for individuals with diabetes.

How the online courses work

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If you are not 100% satisfied with your course then we offer a 30-day, no hassle money-back guarantee. To request a refund, you should email our learner support team with your receipt stating why you would like to be reimbursed. You, or your learners, must not have completed the training in order to make a valid refund claim. Any claim made after the training has been completed will be invalidated.
Take the course

This online course consists of a series of pages in which an instructor will talk learners through the lesson material. Pages may include supporting pictures, graphs, animation or extra sounds to help with the learning where appropriate. Some lessons will include challenges/quizzes to help learners stay engaged and interested in the material. Lessons can be taken in any order and each lesson may be paused and resumed at any stage.
The course is self-paced so learners decide how fast or slow the training goes. There is no deadline for completion but some of our courses have a test at the end to check that learners have understood the material. If the course has a test at the end then learners are required to achieve a 75% pass mark to successfully complete the course. Once learners have passed the test they are awarded a certificate, which can either be downloaded digitally or sent as a physical copy if this option was chosen when purchasing the course.
Your Certificate

Upon completion of any of our courses, learners will be able to download a digital certificate from Virtual College and will include the accrediting bodies logo where applicable.
If you have bought the posted certificate option (available on select courses), a high quality, seal embossed, certificate will be sent out at the beginning of the following working week.