JR is 49 with type 2 diabetes and is admitted to the hospital for congestive heart failure. His home diabetes medication includes metformin 2000 mg daily. GFR is 53 and … Continue reading Question of the Week | May 5, 2020
National Nurses Week is celebrated annually, starting with National Nurses Day on May 6th (this Wednesday), through Florence Nightingale’s, the founder of modern nursing, birthday, on May 12th! I am … Continue reading 2020: The Year of the Nurse | Mindful Monday
For this week’s Free Resource Friday, we want to share with you our new COVID-19 & Diabetes Resource Page! Over the past weeks, we have been collecting resources to learn … Continue reading COVID-19 & Diabetes Resource Page | Free Resource Friday
What does it feel like to be ill with COVID-19 as a person with diabetes? Much of the novel virus COVID-19 is still a mystery that we learn more about … Continue reading COVID-19 and Diabetes: CGMs in Hospital Improve Care | Tech Thursday
SL is 17 years old, with type 1 diabetes. SL uses an insulin pump and checks glucose levels before meals and at bedtime. SL started track team at high school … Continue reading Question of the Week | April 28, 2020
As health care professionals and Diabetes Specialists, how do we prepare people with diabetes for the possibility of a COVID-19 infection and hospitalization? What are best practices to care for … Continue reading COVID-19 & Diabetes| What Health Care Professionals Need to Know – FREE Webinar
PBS is streaming a new documentary, Blood Sugar Rising: America’s Hidden Diabetes Epidemic that follows the diabetes epidemic in the United States. “It’s time to stop victim-shaming people with diabetes,” … Continue reading Blood Sugar Rising: America’s Hidden Diabetes Epidemic | Free Resource Friday
Medtronic announces the launch of their Next-Gen Bluetooth automated insulin delivery (AID) and CGM systems! At last year’s Advanced Technologies and Treatment for Diabetes (ATTD) Conference in Berlin, Germany, Medtronic … Continue reading Technology Thursday | Medtronic Announces Latest Diabetes System