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What You And Your Clients Need To Know About Diabetes
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DSME Session 1
Making Sense of Diabetes: An Introduction
What is Type 1 Diabetes
What is Type 2 Diabetes
Insulin resistance
How insulin works
Gestational diabetes
DSME Session 2
Healthy Eating and Diabetes (Parts 1 and 2)
Food and blood glucose dynamics
Food types and examples
Meal planning
Carbohydrate counting
Food labels
Heart healthy eating
Goal setting
Food log/diary considerations
DSME Session 3
Being Active with Diabetes
How regular exercise affects the body
How to start an exercise program
Planning your exercise program
How much exercise a PWD should get each week
Physical activity Considerations
DSME Session 4
Monitoring: Making Sense of the Numbers
Checking your blood glucose
Normal blood glucose ranges
Understanding the A1C test and A1C goals
Know when to test your blood glucose
Understanding hyperglycemia and Hypoglycemia
DSME Session 5
Diabetes and Medications
Why diabetes medicines are important
Classification and name overview
Know name and dose of your medication
Possible side elects
Oral medications
Types of insulin and considerations
Other diabetes medications
DSME Session 6
Getting Through the Tough Spots: Diabetes and Problem Solving
3 factors that can raise blood glucose
Rules to follow when you’re ill
What to do when having dental work/surgery
Travel tips
Common causes of Hypoglycemia and actions to take
DSME Session 7
Healthy Coping and Diabetes: Reducing Stress
Understand how stress or depression affects blood glucose
Identifying and anticipating stressful situations
Identifying solutions for stressful situations or change in routine
Case studies and situational exercises
Goal setting, using the S.M.A.R.T. model
The Ten Commandments of managing stress
Partnering with your health team
DSME Session 8
Complications and Diabetes: Reducing your Risks
Preventive screenings for your eyes, feet
List some complications of uncontrolled diabetes
Know how often you should check your feet
Behaviors that can prevent complications from diabetes
Taking care of you and your diabetes – Talking to your Doctor
Pregnancy planning and your diabetes
DSME Session 9
Managing Your Diabetes – A Summary
Controlling your diabetes – It’s more than just sugar
Diabetes and your heart – Blood pressure and cholesterol
The ABC’s of diabetes
DSME Session 10
Diabetes and Hypoglycemia
What is hypoglycemia
Common signs and symptoms
2 causes of low blood glucose
Hypoglycemia treatments
Ways in which to lower your risk of hypoglycemia