Month: May 2018

Designed to enable unregistered nurses to understand their role in supporting people at high risk of developing diabetes and type 2 diabetes. This practical course enables unregistered nurses to return to practice and use the learnt skills under the mentorship of a practice nurse or chosen supervisor. The course includes the HCA PITstop competency assessment tool, adapted from the Trend competency framework for unqualified team members (Trend, 2016)

Day 1 programme includes the care pathways for high risk and type 2 diabetes, and the screening tests associated with the annual reviews, how to maintain the Practice ‘diabetes box’ containing blood glucose/ketone monitoring equipment and hypoglycaemia treatment, the scope of practice of HCAs in diabetes care and the competency assessment/mentorship requirements.

 

Day 2 programme includes details of the local structured education for people with type 2 diabetes, the Diabetes Prevention Programme for people at high risk and any local lifestyle referral options. It covers five elements of healthy living: sleep, social engagement, stress, moving and diet and how to motivate patients to achieve their goals.

Working in partnership with the West London RIPEN (Reflective Interprofessional Education Network), to develop their advanced HCA workforce, we designed the HCA PITstop course for Non-Registered Nurses.

The course was to meet the specific needs in local primary care systems with a  focus on recall, motivational interviewing and development of a “diabetes box”, and linked competencies to put these into practice

Dr Yasmin Razak, RIPEN & Diabetes Transformation Lead, was particularly impressed with the quality of the training materials used by the Pitstop team and how the skills taught could support Primary Care.

Feedback from the successful pilot reflected the incredible buzz in the room from all the participants.
The best course I have been on. I was provided with so much clinical knowledge and understanding that no course has provided before.