HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital’s Clinical Nutrition Services will be offering a free training program to area school staff members for students with diabetes. “Helping the Student with Diabetes Succeed in School” will be held on Tuesday, August 16th from 1:00pm-4:00pm in the hospital auditorium.
Adrienne Jarrell, MS, RD, CDE, is a clinical dietitian at HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital and will be presenting the training. Jarrell will cover topics that will help a student with Diabetes succeed in school. The topics covered in the training include; management of Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia, Glucagon injections, basic carbohydrate counting, an overview of blood sugar monitoring, and physical activity.
Those wishing to attend the training should contact Bonnie Kruse, Clinical Nutrition Services manager, for more information and to RSVP.