Authors (including presenting author) :
Chan WH(1), Leung SH(1), So KN(1), Li KL(1), Luk WY(1), Mok PH(1), Yip CW(1)
Affiliation :
(1)Department of Medicine, Haven of Hope Hospital
Introduction :
According to Diabetes Hongkong (2018), there are about 700,000 people in Hong Kong having Diabetes Mellitus. The upward trend will be continued. The International Diabetes Federation forecasts that the number of people with diabetes in Hong Kong will be increased to 920,000 (13% of the population) in 2030. Therefore, the number of insulin-injected patients will be increased correspondingly. More junior nurses join Haven of Hope Hospital (HHH) in recent years, they have responsibilities of educating patients with Diabetes even though they are in-experience. It is the priority needs to equip those new comers with related knowledge and skill of Diabetes care, especially insulin injection. Diabetes clinic is not available in HHH. Ward nurse is the key person to provide education on insulin injection technique to patients before follow-up the diabetes clinic.
Objectives :
1. Enhance junior nurse’s knowledge and skill of subcutaneous insulin injection 2. Enhance the awareness of the consequence of improper insulin injection
Methodology :
Two identical workshops of subcutaneous insulin injection were held on 17/9/2018 and 21/9/2018 by a nurse who completed PRCC diabetes training and with input from NC (Diabetes), KEC. The content of workshops included updated information of new insulin penfill, demonstration & return demonstration of related technique and the safety concerned of the penfill. At the end of the workshops, all participants were assessed about the technique of insulin penfill injection and the change of insulin cartridge.
Result & Outcome :
Thirty-one participants attended the workshops. 100% of participants passed the in-class assessments. It indicated that they all acquired the skill of insulin penfill injection.
After the workshops, all participants were required to provide feedback by completing an evaluation form. The average score of overall satisfaction level of the workshop was 5.38 (out of 6.00) and all items were well above the average. More than 95% of the participants rated 5 or above in the item of “The Content is Useful”. The participants also expressed that the workshops were practical and useful, their technique of using insulin penfill was enhanced through in-class demonstration. Based on the above observation, it is suggested that more workshops on practical skill had to be promoted to enhance frontline staffs’ competence.
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