Comprehensive Diabetes Self-Management Education
The Diabetes Treatment Center is recognized by the American Diabetes Association for the education it provides to persons with diabetes. The educators are registered nurses and registered diatitians who are also Certified Diabetes Educators or are actively working to meet the criteria to sit for the National Certification Exam.
There are many myths circulating about diabetes. It is critical to get diabetes information from a reputable source.
Program pre-requisites:
- Physician referral
- Insurance authorization for patients with HMO plans
- Coping with a diagnosis of diabetes
- What is diebtes, types of diabetes, & causes of diebtes
- Developing and maintaining a support team
- Setting goals for change
- Nutrition and diabetes
- Home blood glucose monitoring
- Diabetes oral medications
- Diabetes injectable medications, not just insulin
- Causes, symptoms, treatment, & prevention of low blood glucose
- Causes, symptoms, treatment, & prevention of high blood glucose
- Long-term complications of diabetes
- Foot care
- Regular physician visits just for diabetes every 3 months
