EllieMD

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  1. Inquiring about about diabetic trained dog

    EllieMD replied to andrea4_2005's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    I'm not a nurse but I'm a physician, I am 31 years old and I have been living with type 1 for 30 years. I use a pump and CGM and I am extremely athletic. I have a few comments here. He sounds like...

  2. Shocked by MD care of my patients

    EllieMD replied to grammynp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    That's more than a little scary! My general experience as a patient and a physician has been that both NPs and MDs not directly involved in diabetes care do lack an understanding of current treatment...

  3. Shocked by MD care of my patients

    EllieMD replied to grammynp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Just to address this, I have a minimal understand of the NP curriculum but MD students typically get at least 8 weeks of class room based endocrinology instruction, the majority of which is focused on...

  4. Shocked by MD care of my patients

    EllieMD replied to grammynp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I completely understand what you are saying and I really think the cost vs. benefit varies by patient. I'm impressed that you have a fingerstick A1C machine. I actually have DM 1 and my endo does...

  5. Shocked by MD care of my patients

    EllieMD replied to grammynp's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Sorry to jump in here but the "new grad" MD is completely right here assuming we are talking about a patient who is not on insulin. The current evidence generally supports the practice of NOT doing...