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Use of Art in Diabetes care

By Shari Liesch posted 05-03-2017
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In 2014 I asked "If diabetes had a face, what would it look like?" to persons scheduled for regular follow up visits. The response was diverse and amazing. As a diabetes educator, a wide response to self-care is noted on a daily basis. Diabetes is hard work. It is challenging. Sometimes it is downright hard to navigate through the demands of life, especially with all the diabetes self-care tasks that need tending. The scientific results of the art analysis are noted in the Journal of Patient Experience; Elertson, K., Liesch, S. & Babler, B. 2016. The "Face" of Diabetes: Insight Into Youths' Experiences as Expressed Through Drawing Vol. 3(2) 34-38. ...
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Diabulimia

By Shari Liesch posted 04-25-2017
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I have been exploring through literature the dangerous combination of withholding insulin for weight management. There are many reasons for number fluctuations. I would like to explore other educators lived experience, when they were suspicious, or when the knew there was deeper trouble. According to Diabetes Care 2017 there are warning signs: high sugars, unexplained weight loss, high rating of diabetes distress, fear of lows. We teach to measure food, and be accurate, which can lead to preoccupation with food and unhealthy perspectives. Risk factors include low self esteem, depression, lonliness, and anxiety. This may lead to thoughts that food and ...
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Writing for Health

By Shari Liesch posted 04-25-2017
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Writing in various forms is health supportive. I have used writing in many ways- blogs, journal writing, poetry, and scientific results to name a few. In providing health for others, we are taught to encompass physical, emotional and spiritual areas of health. Journal writing can be helpful in diabetes management. We teach logging numbers, and numbers analysis. The little notes "journaled" in the column are often insightful into the number fluctuations. Journal writing can reduce stress, be used for gratitude, and for ordering our future. On May 4, 2017 at 1800 the NEWADE team will explore the impact of writing on health. One avenue of writing "poetry" ...
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CEU opportunities

By Audrey Johnson posted 10-18-2015
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2015 Diabetes Conference Sponsored by Marshfield Clinic November 6, 2015 – Marshfield, WI Marshfield Clinic will hold its 2015 Diabetes Conference, co-sponsored by the American Diabetes Association, on November 6 at Hotel Marshfield, 2700 S. Central Avenue, Marshfield, Wisconsin. Topics include medication management, lipid management, diabetes and oral health, patient advocacy, and nutritional management. Continuing education credit is available for allied health professionals, dietitians, pharmacists, and dentists. https://www.marshfieldclinic.org/education/diabetes-conference Metformin, ...
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Free Online CEUs - Check it out!

By Audrey Johnson posted 09-29-2015
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AND . . . please share what you have found! New LDL-C Lipid Targets: A Patient-Centered Approach to Optimize Outcomes CME/CE Marc S. Sabatine, MD, MPH; Harold E. Bays, MD; Robert P. Giugliano, MD, SM CME/CE Released: 09/25/2015 ; Valid for credit through 09/25/2016 Medscape, LLC is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Awarded 0.50 contact hour(s) of continuing nursing education for RNs and APNs; 0.50 contact hours are in the area of pharmacology http://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/851402?src=wnl_cme_revw Communicating With Your Patients About ...
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HealthSlate

By Audrey Johnson posted 09-17-2015
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For those of you who attended the AADE, did you receive your HealthSlate? Just wondering. I still haven't received mine and received an e-mail that it "will be shipped later this year." :( Hence the question - how many of you USE your HealthSlate. How do you use it? Thank you for your advice!
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Stevia samples - from AADE Conference

By Audrey Johnson posted 08-29-2015
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We all like to try samples - and give away samples: Our BetterStevia is a completely natural extract of organic Stevia and made without artificial preservatives or additives. It has zero calories and a low glycemic impact. BetterStevia uses a unique enzymatic process that allows us to harness the sweetness from the whole Stevia leaf to provide a great, clean and sweet taste without the bitter aftertaste found in other Stevia products. BetterStevia is available in packet, powdered, instant tab and liquid formats in a variety of enticing flavors. Other products you may have enjoyed at our booth include Now Real Food® Slender Sticks™, a sugar-free way to enhance ...
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Research Snippets

By Audrey Johnson posted 08-29-2015
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FDA Drug Safety Communication: FDA warns that DPP-4 inhibitors for type 2 diabetes may cause severe joint pain The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning that the type 2 diabetes medicines sitagliptin, saxagliptin, linagliptin, and alogliptin may cause joint pain that can be severe and disabling. We have added a new Warning and Precaution about this risk to the labels of all medicines in this drug class, called dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors. Health care professionals should consider DPP-4 inhibitors as a possible cause of severe joint pain and discontinue the drug if appropriate. In a search of the FDA Adverse Event Reporting ...
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Registration Open Soon! 10/29/15 WI AADE State Meeting

By Audrey Johnson posted 08-26-2015
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Mark your calendars for the 10/29/15 CEU Event: Hot Topics from the 2015 ADA Scientific Session. Live program: Milwwaukee; Teleconference sites: Appleton and Menomonie. Webinar from your home computer. Schedule: 5:30-6:00 registration and networking; 6:00-6:45pm Dinner and pharrmaceutical sponsored event. 7:00 - 8:00 pm CEU Event.
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Research Snippets and Free Online CEU Offerings - Interested?

By Audrey Johnson posted 07-31-2015
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I frequently come across interesting research articles and free online ceu opportunities. Are you interested in having them posted on the blog? If anyone is interested, I can start doing this. Thanks!
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Insulin Resistance, brain glucose metabolism, and late-middle aged adults

By Audrey Johnson posted 07-31-2015
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As I reviewed this article, I thought hey, I resemble this! Do you have an easy screen to detect Alzheimer's disease? Insulin resistance is associated lower brain glucose metabolism and poorer memory in late-middle-aged adults at risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD), a new study indicates. "While we have known for several years that people with type 2 diabetes are at increased risk for developing AD, the exact mechanisms underlying increased risk are still elusive," Barbara B. Bendlin, PhD, from University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center in Madison, told Medscape Medical News . "Our findings ...
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New Resources in the Guide

By Audrey Johnson posted 07-31-2015
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Two new resources have been added to the WI State Resources: South Asian Meal Planning Tool Eating Simply with Renal Disease (In English and Spanish) If you have resources that you find especially helpful, could you please let me know and I can add them. ( WIAADE-CB@wi.rr.com )
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AADE Conference on Monday 8/3 - Looking for a Tour partner!

By Audrey Johnson posted 07-31-2015
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Is there anyone who is attending the AADE Conference and will be there by the evening of Monday 8/3? We are looking for one person who would go on a tour with a Milwaukee educator whose tour partner isn't available. Let me know asap!
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Looking for - all inclusive guide of the insulin pumps and featuress

By Audrey Johnson posted 06-30-2015
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I'm looking for a guide that includes all of the insulin pumps, with their associated features listed. Does anyone have an updated one that they could share?
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New Orleans AADE 2015

By Audrey Johnson posted 06-30-2015
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Who is going to the 2015 AADE National Meeting in New Orleans? I know of at least five of us who are going. Let's party together! Let me know and we will plan! It will be a great event! For starters, there is a networking event that Chris and I will have a table at. Come and visit us! Tuesday, August 4, 2015 from 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm. Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel.
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Continuing Education via Webinar

By Audrey Johnson posted 05-31-2015
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I want to thank you all for attending our first attempt at offering a webinar. It wasn't without it's hiccups. After a discussion with our CB, we decided to go ahead and try this again. We will be offering our 2nd State meeting CEU evening in October. For those of you who have tried using this type of format, what have you found has worked and hasn't worked. The hard-learned lessons we saw: 1. Most carriers offer the audio via the computer speakers or via phone call. The computer speakers tend to have several seconds of delay. They also have a tendency to drop the audio intermittently. We found that the phone call link provided the best audio possible. ...
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Meter download programs

By Audrey Johnson posted 05-31-2015
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How many of you use the Diasend program to download pumps and meters? Has anyone else found better alternatives?
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Improving diabetes class attendance

By Audrey Johnson posted 03-07-2015
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I am reposting one of the blogs from the MI AADE blogs. As diabetes educators, we always make extra efforts to make sure referred patients attend our programs. Please share ideas with the problem of "no show". Best practices from posts: Schedule the first appointment as an “assessment appointment”. We used to schedule patients for their initial assessment. During the assessment we would tell them about our class. Many would say "I thought this was the class" and not return for the group sessions. Now when someone calls for an appointment, we schedule them for class. Once that is on the books, we tell them "first you need ...
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Patient Education Sources

By Audrey Johnson posted 02-28-2015
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Purchasing diabetes patient education materials is costly. Many of our organizations require non-pharmaceutical branded materials. We've developed some in-house materials and use Krames materials. However, much of the materials is too basic for patients who are at a higher level in the diabetes learning journey. Which sites and distributors do you find that offer resources that are helpful? One site that has very nice patient education materials is the National Diabetes Education Initiative website: http://www.ndei.org/dsl/mainpage.aspx
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Resources used for Nutrition and Diabetes Education in Diverse Languages

By Audrey Johnson posted 01-29-2015
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We are seeing many more patients for whom English is either a second language, or is not understood at all. Spanish education materials are abundant. Some are very time-consuming to find. One AADE group has started to share some of the resources they use. What have you found helpful for resources for patients who are Hmong, Russian, Vietnamese, Chinese, etc? Our group recent had a handout put together with only pictures for those who do not read. Share with us all what you have found useful.
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