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Kathryn Evans Kreider, DNP, FNP-BC, BC - ADM is an assistant professor of nursing at Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON). She is the lead faculty member for the new endocrinology specialty for nurse practitioners at DUSON, the first program of its kind for nurse practitioners in the Unites States. She has an active clinical practice as a nurse practitioner in adult endocrinology at Duke and is board-certified in advanced diabetes management. She currently serves as the director for advanced practice providers in the division.

In this week's Homerun Slides, the benefit of introducing CGM early in a diabetes diagnosis.

Introduction: Type 1 diabetes (T1DM), formerly referred to as insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) and juvenile diabetes, is considered a chronic autoimmune disease. Over time, the disease process results in the virtually complete elimination of pancreatic beta cells and lifelong insulin deficiency. In turn, patients become dependent on daily insulin injections to maintain an acceptable level of metabolic control. It is widely accepted that T1DM is a complex, multifactorial disease in which genetic predisposition and environmental exposures promote the triggering of multiple autoimmune responses against beta cells.

In this Exclusive Interview transcript, Katherine Kreider talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA 2018 convention in Orlando about how diabetes distress can affect patients.

In this Exclusive Interview, Katherine Kreider talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA 2018 convention in Orlando about diabetes distress.

In part 1 of this Exclusive Interview, Kathryn Kreider talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed about the interventions that can help with diabetes distress.

In part 2 of this Exclusive Interview, Kathryn Kreider talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed about the signs of diabetes distress and the impact of this distress on A1C.

In part 3 of this Exclusive Interview, Kathryn Kreider explains how diabetes distress is assessed in a discussion with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed.

In part 4 of this Exclusive Interview, Kathryn Kreider talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed about the two main steps to treating diabetes distress.

In part 5 of this Exclusive Interview, Kathryn Kreider talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed about the differences between depression and distress, and clinical methods for dealing with diabetes distress.