Lynne Raphael, RD, CDE, and Cathy Wielgus, RN, CDE, talk about what intensive management of diabetes in pregnancy actually means. Most attention in the past has focused on the mother’s health, and diabetes management has not always included the fetus. Now, research is showing that GDM can affect the health …
Read More »Lynne Raphael, MMSc, RD, LD, CDE, and Cathy Wielgus, MSN, BSN, RN, CDE, Introduction
Lynne Raphael, MMSc, RD, LD, CDE, and Cathy Wielgus, MSN, BSN, RN, CDE, introduce themselves and explain a little about their presentation (at the 2012 AADE) on, “Innovative Strategies for the Intensive Management of Diabetes in Pregnancy.” More videos with Lynne Raphael and Cathy Wielgus: What Does Intensive Management of Diabetes …
Read More »Janis Roszler, MSFT, RD, CDE, LD/N
Janis Roszler, MSFT, RD, CDE, LD/N, gives us a brief introduction to herself, and a detailed overview of her 2012 AADE talk on Diabetes and Self-Esteem. She has some terrific tips on how to better motivate your patients including “strength-based questioning,” and helping patients to “externalize” their problems. She also reviews …
Read More »Cecilia Sauter, MS, RD, CDE, Introduction
Cecilia Sauter gives us a brief introduction to her work and an overview of her presentation at the 2012 AADE. She discusses the important of training diabetes educators to listen and how crucial it is to ask the right questions and engage with patients. More videos with Cecilia Sauter: Training …
Read More »Cecilia Sauter, CDE, Q1: Training Medical Practitioners in Diabetes Education
Cecilia Sauter talks about how she teaches diabetes professionals to work very hard at listening to the patients. She points out that most diabetes professionals are very motivated to help their patients and have many tools which they want to share but they need to remember first to listen to …
Read More »Cecilia Sauter, CDE: Tips to Help Patients Improve Their Diet
Cecilia Sauter, MS, RD, CDE, discusses some of the ways she motivates her patients to change their dietary habits. She always starts her conversations by asking them what they are interested in changing. Then she makes suggestions involving taking very small steps and just changing a few things at a …
Read More »Cecilia Sauter, CDE, Q3: Tips to Motivate Patients to More Physical Activity
Cecilia Sauter, MS, RD, CDE, gives us some terrific examples how very small steps that patients can take to improve their physical activity levels. However, she first points out that it is vital to listen to patients to determine if they are willing to increase their activity. If so, she recommends doing …
Read More »Cecilia Sauter, CDE, Q4: Case Study – How to Approach Patients with Specific Ethnic Food Preferences
Cecilia Sauter answers Steve Freed’s case study question regarding approaching patients who have specific ethnic high-carb foods — such as rice — which they are attached to. She emphasizes that she always presents the patients with various different options including medication and portion control, allowing them to choose their own …
Read More »Patricia Kringas, RN, MA, CDE, Introduction
Patricia Kringas gives us a quick overview of her background and her current work with the TODAY trial. More videos with Patricia Kringas: Results of the TODAY Study on Type 2 Adolescents What Can We Learn from the TODAY study on Adolescents with Type 2 Diabetes? How Were Family Members …
Read More »Patricia Kringas, RN, CDE, Q1: Results of the TODAY Study on Type 2 Adolescents
Patricia Kringas reviews the structure of the TODAY trial and talks about some of the surprising results. More videos with Patricia Kringas: Patricia Kringas, RN, MA, CDE, Introduction What Can We Learn from the TODAY study on Adolescents with Type 2 Diabetes? How Were Family Members Involved in the TODAY …
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