Student Price: $10.00
This webinar was presented live on September 15, 2022. The CPE associated with this activity expires on May 31, 2024.
As healthcare professionals providing MNT and DSMES for those living with diabetes, it is crucial to have a thorough understanding of the relationship between drug therapies, meal patterns, and lifestyle. This comprehensive webinar provides participants with an in-depth review of oral diabetes medications, including the latest drug therapies that target pathophysiological defects related to diabetes and their effects on blood glucose levels. You will learn how to help your patients develop effective meal patterns and lifestyle strategies to manage their diabetes while taking these medications. Offering practical insights and tools to enhance patient care outcomes, you don't want to miss this opportunity to stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in diabetes management and improve your knowledge and skills in this critical area. Watch this informative webinar and take your patient care to the next level.
CPE Level: 2
CPEU: 1
Performance Indicators:
- 10.4.5 Implements, initiates, or modifies nutrition-related pharmacotherapy orders that address client/patient needs.
- 10.4.6 Monitors responses and effects of nutrition-related drugs and takes required action to make modifications or adjustments to treatment plans.
- 10.4.2 Demonstrates an understanding of pharmacokinetics, absorption, clearance, metabolism, latency periods, accumulation, half-life, and routes of drug administration.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the basic defects for each type of diabetes.
- Identify the major diabetes drug classes and discuss their mode of action.
- Recognize potential side effects and interactions of the major diabetes drug classes.
Speakers
Kathy Warwick RDN, LDN, CDCES
Kathy Warwick is a registered dietitian nutritionist and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist with 40 years of experience in several areas of dietetics practice. She is owner of Professional Nutrition Consultants, LLC in Madison, Miss., providing diabetes education and support, long term care consultation, hospice consultation, wellness program services, media communications and medical-legal consultation.
Kathy speaks regularly to community and professional groups and has presented multiple national webinars. She has authored several articles and serves as a medical reviewer for Heatlhline.com and Medical News Today. Kathy has served as the editor of On the Cutting Edge, for the Diabetes Dietetic Practice Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She is a Past-President of the Mississippi Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
