Trick or Treat? The Systemic Effect of Diabetes Caused by Oral Disease - Online Course

This course is available for FREE to Sigma Members.

The goal of this presentation is to educate nurses and nursing professionals on the significance of preventive oral healthcare behaviors that contribute to reducing the incidence of oral disease as the causal factor of systemic infections, inflammatory injury, and end-organ damage.

This course will retire after 7th December 2025.

Learning Outcomes:
After participating in this course, learners will be able to:

• Identify good verses bad oral health
• Define preventive oral healthcare practices
• Recognize the signs and symptoms of oral disease and disparities
• Causal effect of systemic infections, and diseases like diabetes

Speaker Bio:

Audrey P. Miller, APRN, PPCNP-BC, CPN, CNE

Dr. Audrey Miller currently holds a faculty appointment at Florida International University - Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing & Health Sciences as a Clinical Associate Professor for the Nursing Department and is the Nurse Educator Program Lead. Her program of research is in the field of Oral Health and Preventive Health Care for underprivileged, underserved children. She developed an Oral Health Educational Program, researching post-knowledge in Head Start families. Dr. Miller is not only a Certified Pediatric Nurse but a Board Certified Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, and holds a part-time appointment as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner with the University of Miami Health Systems, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition.