In line with the university's strategy regarding hosting experts from the local community to benefit from their expertise within the various teaching courses in the School of Nursing, Children health nursing course by the coordination of Dr. Omayah Nassar Hosted the health educator Nurse Buthaina Al-Sheikh from the University of Jordan Hospital on Monday and Tuesday, 2-3/1/2024 to talk about type 1 diabetes in children.The lecture focused on the role of the nurse in the stage of diagnosing the disease, guiding parents and children to the need to commit in taking insulin as a basic treatment, how to prepare insulin doses, and the proper storage of it. Miss Bothia emphasis on the role of the nurse in teaching children and parents about the signs of hypoglycemia, how to treat it and how to avoid its occurrence. By the end of the lecture, Dr Omayah expressed her thanks for Miss Bothina about her continuous cooperation with the school.
The lecture also focused on the need to teach children with the quality and quantity of food they eat to ensure balance and encourage them as well to practice appropriate exercise, and nurse Buthaina explained the schedule for the times of blood sugar tests.
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