SteveDE

SteveDE

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SteveDE specializes in Diabetes Education.


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  1. How do you collect CDE hours?

    Also, you do not have to be a CDE to provide diabetes education. The CDE certification does not change your license scope of practice.
  2. How do you collect CDE hours?

    You do have to have some kind of a log or proof showing at least 1000 hours of diabetes education work. What I used was my payroll hours, when I was clocked in as a diabetes educator, its an "official" list of hours that I can prove that I was worki...
  3. Ideal diabetic diet?

    I think what llg posted is reality. I personally believe the best meal plan is one that someone can live with long-term, be satisfied with, actually enjoy sometimes, but keep a balance. Fruits are important, but just like bread, potatoes, and pasta...
  4. Insulin drip policy

    Yes, more of a guide for titration, I think we have found some good examples to use that will work well for our facility. Thank you for the feedback!
  5. Insulin drip policy

    Anyone have an insulin drip policy they would care to share? Thanks!
  6. Inpatient carbohydrate counting?

    Carb counting is certainly important, however, a lot of nurses will need to be educated on how to count carbs properly. My main question would be, why isn't the patient counting carbs? Diabetes is a long-term disease, it doesn't stop at discharge, ...
  7. mismanagement of diabetes in hospital

    As diabetes educators, we have to realize that our job doesn't "just" deal with educating the patient in how to live with and manage diabetes. Our job is completely diabetes, all the patients I see every day has diabetes, so for the most part 100% o...
  8. Lantus BID

    I've never heard the 30 units per site? I would be interested to see where that comes from or if its one of those "urban legends". Many people routinely injection 30 plus units of long acting and meal time units a few times a day, I highly doubt th...
  9. Ok, we have a patient we re-started on an insulin pump, this patient has medicare as primary, to get her approved for more than 3 test strips per day, medicare is saying the provider must register on pecos.cms.hhs.gov. This is something we haven't d...
  10. Lantus BID

    Thanks for the information!
  11. Lantus BID

    Just wondering what your feelings or thoughts are on lantus BID for someone with type 2 diabetes. How does this help compared to lantus nightly? I see this as an unnecessary stick for patients, chance for more error, and even a chance for increased...
  12. Diabetic Educators: Structuring and Tracking

    Our program is recognized by the ADA, material to be used is the AADE7, so its the same material, however, some patients will need more focus in various areas depending on the situation. I generally structure the usual education as the initial appt....
  13. Humalog only, no background

    My first question would be what are his pre- and post-meal blood sugars? What does his glucose do in the middle of the night or before breakfast? While the A1C is reasonable given his limited diabetes education and lack of a longer acting insulin, ...
  14. U-500 in an insulin pump?

    I recently met with a patient that has used U500 in her insulin pump the entire 8 years she has had an insulin pump and is doing well. She has medicare, so she does not have the CGM either, monitors herself regularly which is needed for safety and s...
  15. sodium-glucose cotransporters

    Interesting Alisonisayoshi, I have concerns with it long-term, although I've been wrong before. I have wondered about why it couldn't be used for type 1 diabetes since they specifically work on the kidneys. Thanks for the information. Just out of ...