Books/resources for CDE interview?

SHGR, MSN, RN, CNS · Oct 15, 2013

What's your background? Are you currently a peds nurse? What's your experience with T1 and T2DM?

EGVnurse · Oct 18, 2013

No, I'm currently an adult med-surg nurse (specialty in post renal transplant) so I care for a lot of individuals with insulin-dependent, steroid-induced diabetes and of course plenty of type 2 diabetes. A few type 1's sprout up here and there. For the past six years I've volunteered at an ADA camp for kids with diabetes. I've also been a type 1 diabetic for nearly a decade.

CDEWannaBe · Oct 21, 2013

If you haven't gone to the site look at TypeOneNation.org. It's the JDRF website. www.childrenwithdiabetes.org is great too and will give you a quick overview on what's on parents' minds.

The best books to get a quick overview are:

50 Diabetes Myths That Can Ruin Your Life; And the 50 Diabetes Truths That Can Save It by Riva Greenberg

Think Like a Pancreas by Gary Scheiner

Pumping Insulin by John Walsh

The Diabetic Athlete's Handbook by Sheri Colberg

Practical Management Of Type 1 Diabetes by Irl Hirsch and Steve Edelman

The Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes "Pink Panther" book is also good and you can view it online for free at Understanding Diabetes | School of Medicine | University of Colorado Denver

This post is a couple years old, but brilliantly captures the challenge of helping a teen with type 1. The article and comments are worth reading. Teens with Diabetes: Freedom is Their Secret Drug : DiabetesMine: the all things diabetes blog

Good luck in your interview. As someone with type 1 you will be able to relate to patients as few medical professionals can.

SHGR, MSN, RN, CNS · Oct 22, 2013

I really like the Diabetes Care articles.

Standards of Medical Care in Diabetesâ€"2013 is the latest annual update of practice recommendations (Jan 2013). Also, the latest nutrition guidelines just came out online ahead of print. http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/early/2013/10/07/dc13-2042.full.pdf I would familiarize yourself with both of those. Best wishes on your interview. Let us know how it goes.