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According to the National Credentialing Board for Diabetes Educators, (NCBDE) the CDCES® Exam Content Outline will be updated starting July 1st, 2019.
To celebrate this update, we will be basing our 2019 Questions of the Week on this content outline. (See a snippet of the NCBDE content outline to the left or click on it to see the complete outline.)
These targeted questions are designed to help assess your knowledge of the topics critical to diabetes educators.
In addition, if you are preparing to take the exam, we strongly encourage you to go through each of these sub-categories and rate your knowledge on a scale of 1-5. Based on this self-assessment, spend the majority of your study time on the topic areas you are least comfortable with. This approach will help you become familiar with the exam content and to use your limited study time wisely.
Assessment of the Diabetes Continuum – Learning
For this question in this series, we focus on the Assessment Section, under learning. Here is the question that addresses learning goals and needs of the learner. Good luck!
Put on your diabetes detective hat! The last Tuesday of March has historically been designated by the ADA as Diabetes Alert Day. Starting this year, the ADA recognizes that every day provides an opportunity to find people with undetected prediabetes and diabetes.
We want to
Most people with prediabetes have no idea they are living with elevated blood sugars and that they are at an increased risk of heart attack and stroke. Early discovery increases the potential for remission.
For type 2 diabetes, it takes an average of 6.5 years to discover. The Legacy Trial Results demonstrated that early and aggressive treatment of diabetes results in decreased risk of eye, kidney, nerve disease, heart attack and possible death.
(Not to worry, the Question of the Week will be sent out tomorrow 03/27).
Whether you work in the inpatient or outpatient setting, encourage colleagues to look at A1cs and fasting blood glucose levels to identify those with:
PreDiabetes: A1c of 5.7-6.4% or Fasting BG of 100-125mg or
Diabetes: A1c of 6.5% + or Fasting BG of 126 +
Newly discovered diabetes? Let’s inform the provider so immediate action can be taken to link the person to resources including a diabetes program referral, dietitian, pharmacist, eye care professional, dentist and more.
New prediabetes? Let’s connect people to a Diabetes Prevention Program in their community or encourage them to take advantage of the abundance of online resources and Apps to help with behavior change starting today.
Diabetes Prevention Program – Find CDC Diabetes Prevention Programs in your community.
ADA Diabetes Risk Test can identify those at risk and promote behavior change action for individuals and their communities.
Risk Test for PreDiabetes – A user friendly web page that evaluates risk and provides helpful info
“Are you at Risk?” Page by the American Diabetes Association – includes the Risk Test, strategies to lower risk and information on predidabetes.
Screening and Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus 2019– One page cheat sheet that summarizes screening, risk status and diagnostic criteria for diabetes.
My Health Advisor by ADA
The path to good health just got a lot easier. Enter some basic health
information and My Health Advisor will calculate risk for type 2
diabetes, heart disease and stroke.
BMI Calculator – A fast and easy way to calculate a patients BMI
National Institutes of Health – Managing Diabetes – It’s Not Easy, But It’s Worth It
Exercise Resource Page – We created this resource page so that you would have helpful exercise resources available for you and your colleagues. There are handouts and links that you can share with patients too!
Apps for Diabetes – an array of apps that reviewers have found helpful for people living with diabetes.
Diabetes Educators can take a leadership role in their workplace and communities to uncover undetected diabetes.
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According to a study conducted by the Universities of Exeter and Oxford, thinking compassionate thoughts about yourself and others has physical benefits. By taking time for
self-compassion, you can decrease your body’s threat response, lower heart rate and even boost your immune system.
In the past, studies have shown a link between self-care and higher levels of overall health and well being, but scientist didn’t understand why.
“Our study is helping us understand the mechanism of how being kind to yourself when things go wrong could be beneficial in psychological treatments. By switching off our threat response, we boost our immune systems and give ourselves the best chance of healing.”
Mindfully decreasing our threat response, increases relaxation, which is a key factor in allowing the body to regenerate and heal. Our threat response, includes ” increased heart rate and sweating, the release of the stress hormone cortisol and over-activity of the amygdala, an integral part of the brain’s emotional network. And a persistent threat response can impair the immune system.”
The study asked participants to listen to either compassionate audio recordings or critical and competitive recordings. Scientists would then record their vitals and ask them a series of questions.
Those encouraged to practice self-compassion had a lower heart rate and a general feeling of “safety.” While those who listen to negative critical audio statements had an increase in heart rate and a higher sweat response.
Although the study was done with people with no record of mental illness, researchers believe that meeting negative thoughts with compassionate can be highly beneficial to not only mental health but physical health as well.
We invite you to watch our FREE Mindful Diabetes Encounter Webinar designed diabetes professionals
To learn more: Self-Compassion Exercises Show Physical, Psychological Benefits – Psych Central
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We are almost there! With 2080 followers and 1976 likes, we are 24 likes away from our Facebook Live with Coach Beverly!
Are there questions about diabetes or the Diabetes Certification Exam that you are dying to ask??
Good News! Coach Beverly adores and appreciates our Facebook followers and community. Our goal is to reach 2000 likes by April 1st (We got this).
Coach Beverly will answer questions on Facebook Live – April 1st, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. (PST). At almost 2000 Facebook likes (only 24 more to go) – we are getting ready to celebrate!
In celebration of reaching this goal, she is going to have a Facebook LIVE Q&A Session for 30 minutes on April 1st (no fooling) from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. PST.
We hope you can join us to get your questions answered.
Just type in your question here, and Coach Beverly will do her best to answer your question within the half hour time frame!
But, this can only happen if we reach 2000 likes by April 1st!
We hope to see you there and invite your friends and colleagues join our community.Join Us on Facebook
With affection,
Coach Beverly and Anne
A new screening may be able to detect Type 1 Diabetes risk in infants. T1DRGS2 is a new risk score test that has shown twice the efficiency of all existing tests for Type 1 in babies.
“Type 1 has a strong genetic element that was not measurable in the past.” Richard Oram, a researcher at University of Exeter, said in a press release. “Measurement of the type 1 diabetes genetic risk score could help predict who will develop the condition from early life could help with research into potential early life interventions, and with classifying diabetes correctly at diagnosis.”
The current test for Type 1 is both expensive and hard to do with children. This new test detects development even into adulthood and the difference between Type 1 and 2. The researchers examined genetic interactions in over 65,000 people with Type 1 diabetes.
The test allows for early detection that can help parents look for symptoms. Also those with the greatest risk of developing in the future, can participate in studies to delay or even prevent the diagnosis.
“It’s exciting to see the power of genetics being harnessed to help predict who might develop type 1 diabetes in the future, particularly from a young age. If successful, this approach could help to reduce someone’s risk of being misdiagnosed or developing complications during diagnosis,” said Anna Morris, Assistant Director of Research Strategy and Partnership at Diabetes UK and study author.
This research can also provide insight on what we can do to prevent the disease or at least slow down it’s progress.
To learn more: New screening could accurately predict type 1 diabetes risk in babies – UPI
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According to the National Credentialing Board for Diabetes Educators, (NCBDE) the CDCES® Exam Content Outline will be updated starting July 1st, 2019.
To celebrate this update, we will be basing our 2019 Questions of the Week on this content outline. (See a snippet of the NCBDE content outline to the left or click on it to see the complete outline.)
These targeted questions are designed to help assess your knowledge of the topics critical to diabetes educators.
In addition, if you are preparing to take the exam, we strongly encourage you to go through each of these sub-categories and rate your knowledge on a scale of 1-5. Based on this self-assessment, spend the majority of your study time on the topic areas you are least comfortable with. This approach will help you become familiar with the exam content and to use your limited study time wisely.
Assessment of the Diabetes Continuum – Learning
For this question in this series, we focus on the Assessment Section, under learning. Here is the question that addresses learning goals and needs of the learner. Good luck!
Ask Coach Beverly a Question on
Are there questions about diabetes or the Diabetes Certification Exam that you are dying to ask?
Good News! Coach Beverly adores and appreciates our Facebook followers and community. Our goal is to reach 2000 followers by April 1st (We got this).
Almost 2000 Facebook Friends (only 40 more to go) – We are getting ready to celebrate.
In celebration of reaching this goal, she is going to have a FaceBook LIVE Q&A Session for 30 minutes on April 1st (no fooling) from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.
We hope you can join us to get your questions answered.
Just type in your question here, and Coach Beverly will do her best to answer your question within the half hour time frame!
But, this can only happen if we reach 2000 followers by April 1st!
We hope to see you there and invite your friends and colleagues join our community.
With affection,
Coach Beverly and Anne