Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

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1h 4m
Updated 30 Jul 2024 Certificate ANCC Accredited

Healthcare professionals are required to demonstrate competence in caring for patients who have been diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). This Ausmed Course will discuss predisposing factors for GDM, changes to treatment and diagnostic criteria, and how a diagnosis of GDM impacts subsequent pregnancies and ongoing health for patients.

Content

4 Video Units • 15 Questions
Introduction
2m
Pretest
3 Questions
Overview and Risk Factors
3 Questions
10m
Treatment
4 Questions
17m
Pre-reflection
1 Question
Education and the Future
3 Questions
18m
Post-reflection
1 Question

What you'll learn:

1

Enhanced evidence-based knowledge of the pathophysiology of gestational diabetes.

2

Identify patients at high risk of developing gestational diabetes mellitus.

3

Able to initiate appropriate assessment, education, treatment and referral for a person with gestational diabetes mellitus.

Who it's for:

This Ausmed Course is most relevant to registered midwives, nurses and other health professionals currently or intending to work with pregnant women with or at risk of developing gestational diabetes mellitus.

Why it's needed:

According to the National Hospital Morbidity Database, in 2017–18, around 1 in 6 females, aged 15–49 who gave birth in hospital, were diagnosed with gestational diabetes (16.1% or 43,100 women) (AIHW 2021). Due to this high prevalence of diabetes in Australia, health professionals are likely to encounter this condition and require the knowledge to appropriately educate, care for and identify at-risk women. Through appropriate evidence-guided actions, nurses and other health professionals can reduce maternal and foetal risks associated with gestational diabetes mellitus.

Purpose:

To provide healthcare professionals with current, evidence-based information concerning gestational diabetes mellitus, in order to reduce both maternal and foetal risks.

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Last updated30 Jul 2024

Published22 Oct 2020

Due for review30 Dec 2024
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