A new nursing-driven diabetes education process established within a patient-centered primary care model significantly improved diabetes control for veterans at the Albany Stratton VA Medical Center.

In this week’s Health Beat, brought to you by TidalHealth, WMDT spoke with registered nurse and certified diabetes care and education specialist, Kelly Birch. Birch spoke with us about risk factors ...

Q: It seems as if we are seeing more and more diabetic residents. Is there a certification exam on diabetes specifically for long-term care nurses? A: Yes, and you are not just imagining an increase ...

Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FADCES, talks with Jane K. Dickinson, RN, PhD, CDCES, about the recent changes in terminology and abbreviations in the world of diabetes self-management education ...

Members of the UCSF Madison Clinic for Pediatric Diabetes Saleh Adi and Colette O’Brien work with nursing student Dara Nunn to check on a patient with diabetes. An epidemic is sweeping the nation and ...

In summary, this study demonstrates considerable gaps in diabetes knowledge of all survey participants especially residents in surgery and nurses which indirectly reflects the quality of care provided ...

I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 13 years old. At the beginning of 2006 I came down with a bad cold that lasted for at least a month. Slowly, over the course of the year, more and more symptoms ...

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For a third straight year, a registered nurse is hosting a series of talks on diabetes in Tarentum. Denise Kissell, a certified diabetes care and education specialist, will hold the hourlong programs ...