[VickyRN]

Free online patient teaching resources by Becton Dickinson. I am very impressed by the quality. These resources are readily accessible and the content is presented in a manner that is easily understood. (Also offers patient teaching materials in Spanish):

BD Diabetes - USA Home

Insulin Injection Demonstration

Blood glucose monitoring for people taking insulin

BD Diabetes > Learning Center > Managing Diabetes with Insulin > Introduction to Insulin

BD Diabetes > Learning Center > Managing Diabetes with Insulin > Syringes and Pens

How to Inject Insulin

BD Diabetes > Learning Center > Managing Diabetes with Insulin > Eating Right

BD Diabetes > Learning Center > Managing Diabetes with Insulin > Exercise

BD Diabetes > Learning Center > Managing Diabetes with Insulin > Living with Diabetes

BD Diabetes > Learning Center > Managing Diabetes with Insulin > Educational Literature

http://bddiabetes.com/us/download/PatternManagement.pdf

[Daytonite]

You can get a free Diabetes-Cardiovascular Disease tool kit to help your patients reduce their risk of death by calling 1-800-DIABETES (1-800-342-2383). It comes on CD-ROM or hard copy. This is a joint project of the American Diabetes Association, the American College of Cardiology, and the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurse Association. It includes reproducible patient education materials that are related to diabetes and heart disease. This was advertised in the latest issue of Nursing 2006 and thought some of you who are thinking ahead might be interested in obtaining this free patient teaching information. Never know when you or a fellow student might need it for a patient teaching project!

[VickyRN]

This is great (complete with videos and discussion of multiple diabetes-related conditions in layman terms):

http://www.healthology.com/focus_ind...&b=healthology

And two others (compliments of gauge14iv):

www.drpen.com

http://www.medem.com/medlb/medlib_entry.cfm

[VickyRN]

Diabetes Care and Patient Education

Perhaps more than any other chronic disease process, diabetes management requires substantial and ongoing self-care activity on the part of the patient or caregiver. For example, people with diabetes often need to test blood glucose several times a day. Many need to know how to administer insulin and to frequently adjust dosages. At the very least, people with diabetes continually contend with lifestyle choices related to the food they eat, the activity they engage in and demands upon their time and energy. Because the self-care needs of the patient with diabetes are significant, nursing care is most effective when it enables the patient to reach an optimal level of independence based upon individual need.

http://www.netce.com/courseoverview.php?courseid=313

[VickyRN]

Diabetes Clip Art

CDC's Diabetes Program - Publications and Products - Diabetes Clip Art

Take Charge of Your Diabetes
CDC's Diabetes Program - Publications & Products - Fact Sheet: Relationship of Walking to Mortality among U.S. Adults with Diabetes
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/pdf/tctd.pdf (PDF)