Educational Topics Covered Within Our Services
Integrated Diabetes Services covers a wide range of subjects related to diabetes, with a focus on insulin use. Up-to-date / detailed information is shared with our patients during our face-to-face or remote appointments. Materials are available in either English or Spanish.
DIABETES SCIENCE
- Basic diabetes physiology
- Understanding complications
- Preventing complications
- Sick day diabetes management
- Foot screening and foot-care guidelines
- Updates on current research
HYPOGLYCEMIA
- Hypoglycemia prevention strategies
- Treatment of hypoglycemia
- Hypoglycemia symptom recognition
- Training on use of glucagon
- Driving safety guidelines
SELF-MONITORING
- Use of the latest blood glucose monitoring devices
- Customized systems for record keeping
- Appropriate lancing techniques
- Data download procedures for meters, pumps and (CGM) Continuous Glucose Monitoring systems
- Principles of (CGM) Continuous Glucose Monitoring
- Analyzing (CGM) Continuous Glucose Monitoring data
- Optimizing (CGM) Continuous Glucose Monitoring performance
INSULIN / MEDICATIONS
- Self-adjustment of insulin doses
- Utilizing basal/bolus insulin therapy
- Use and adjustment of correction doses
- Insulin pen utilization
- Using and fine-tuning insulin-to-carb ratios
- Calculating unused insulin
- Adjustments for menstrual and growth hormones
- Use of incretin mimetics (exenatide, pramlintide)
- Function & use of oral diabetes medications
PUMP THERAPY
- Principles of insulin pump therapy
- Insulin pump basal testing procedures
- Application of advanced insulin pump features
- Pump troubleshooting & DKA prevention
- Insulin pump technical training
- Pump selection & infusion set criteria
- Proper rotation of infusion sites
NUTRITION
- Basic carbohydrate counting
- Advanced techniques in carbohydrate counting
- Making use of the glycemic index
- Weight management for diabetics
- Strategies for dining out at restaurants
- Gastroparesis diets and celiac diets
- Improving cholesterol profiles
EXERCISE
- Exercise planning for diabetics
- Managing blood sugar during sports & exercise
- Strength training principles
- Principles of sports nutrition
CHILDRENS' CONCERNS
- School nurse training
- Camp preparation
- Responsibilities based on stage of maturation
- Sports performance strategies
- Staying motivated
- College / boarding school preparation
PREGNANCY
- Pre-pregnancy diabetes management counseling
- Blood sugar regulation through pregnancy
- Pregnancy & exercise
- Perinatal nutrition
- Delivery planning
- Postpartum control
SOCIAL NEEDS
- Education for family members and caregivers
- Traveling with diabetes
- Community and financial aid resources
- Strategies for managing stress
- Depression screening and treatment options
- Impact of alcohol on glycemic control
- Health care system utilization
- Surgery preparation