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Coach Beverly’s Diabetes Cheat Sheets

Our Diabetes Cheat Sheet page is brimming with useful information for your clinical practice and exam success. We update these sheets at the beginning of each year, based on the ADA Standards of Care and the latest evidence.

We are proud that all of our content meets the rigorous standards set by the CDR Accreditation Committee. The below handouts include charts presented in the ADA Standards and content created by Coach Beverly and our team of experts.

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Our most popular and helpful reference “cheat” sheets include:

Clinical References, Meds & Exam Study Sheets

Screening & Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus

A one-page cheat sheet that summarizes screening, risk status, and diagnostic criteria for diabetes. Great for your office and as a study tool.

CRITERIA 2025

Meds Cheat Sheet | Cholesterol & Hypertension Medications

These summary sheets are helpful for your clinical practice and preparing for certification exams. For exam success, be familiar with the general concepts, (side effects and precautions) of these medications.

Hypertension & Diabetes | ADA Guidelines

A helpful algorithm to determine the best approaches and next steps to achieve BP targets in people with diabetes.

Hypertension 2025 ADA Guidelines

This one-page algorithm is an enlarged and printable version of the latest medication treatment strategies excerpted from ADA Standards 9. This handy reference sheet is great for your clinical practice and to study for the certification.

Nonsteroidal MRAs for Type 2 & Chronic Kidney Disease

As outlined in ADA Standard 11, this novel medication is indicated for people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) associated with type 2 diabetes since it reduces the risk of kidney function decline, kidney failure, cardiovascular death, non-fatal heart attacks, and hospitalization for heart failure.

New nonsteroidal MRAs for chronic kidney disease chart.

Neuropathy Treatment for Diabetes

This one-page summarizes approaches to treat diabetes neuropathy. This handy reference sheet is great for your clinical practice and to study for the certification.

Neuropathy treatment chart for diabetes with medications and effects.

Intensifying to Injectable Therapies | ADA Algorithm

This algorithm describes the pathway to start someone with type 2 diabetes on injectables and or insulin therapy. We have enlarged the print size to improve readability and allow our users to download and print for their practice settings or to review for certification exams.

Insulin therapy flowchart for type 2 diabetes by ADA 2024.

Insulin Storage Cheat Sheet

Provides all kinds of important details on the storage of different types of insulin pens, vials, and more!

Immunization Schedule for People with Diabetes

Based on the latest Standards of Care, we put together this chart that details the types of vaccines, and when and how often they are recommended for people with diabetes.  This quick reference is a perfect exam study tool and a helpful addition to your clinical practice.

Landmark Studies

A short cheat sheet that highlights the major diabetes trials and the significant findings.

Key studies for diabetes certification exams details.

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Includes all currently available diabetes medications. Great study tool and clinical resource.

Glucagon Rescue Meds PocketCards

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Includes 4 different glucagon treatment options plus hypoglycemia teaching info on another side. Great study tool and clinical resource.

Diabetes Tech Resources

Troubleshooting CGM Accuracy

CGM accuracy can be impacted by factors and substances specific to the sensor or factors of daily living. This cheat sheet describes the different interfering substances and factors that affect CGM accuracy.

Continuous glucose monitoring substances interfering list.

Nutrition Information

Carb Counting Quick Reference

We created this Carb Counting Quick Reference sheet based on the ADA handbook.

Supplement Safety Ratings Cheat Sheet

People with diabetes often take nutritional supplements for a variety of reasons. This Supplement Safety Rating Chart is a detailed evaluation chart of “Recommended” to “Not Recommended – High Risk” supplements.

Supplement chart for cholesterol, blood sugar, and safety ratings.

Person-Centered Coaching

How to Succeed with Person-Centered Coaching

This cheat sheet provides a dozen simple coaching strategies for providers to help people believe in their ability to self-manage their diabetes successfully.

12 Reframes to Help with Diabetes Distress or Burnout

This one-page sheet offers healthcare professionals and people with diabetes helpful strategies to deal with diabetes distress and burnout. Diabetes self-management can be very burdensome and loaded with big emotional responses and expectations. Please feel free to copy and share this list with people who are feeling distressed or are considering taking a diabetes “vacation.”

12 tips to ease diabetes distress from DiabetesEd.net

Teaching Sheets for People with Diabetes

Self-Care Goal Sheet

Setting realistic person-centered goals is a critical part of providing diabetes education care and support. We have created a goal sheet that you can use in your practice to capture the next steps toward improving self-care. If you would like to customize the document, it is available in Word so you can make modifications for your practice. Or you can download the PDF, print and go.

Foot Care Teaching Sheet

Steps to Healthy Feet. This handout covers the important elements of foot care for people living with diabetes with simple and straightforward language.

Guide on diabetic foot care and health tips.

Sick Days & Diabetes | Handout

Updated to reflect the latest CDC guidelines. Reviews sick day instruction for people with diabetes.

Medication Wallet Card

Add your program’s logo and provide your clients with a useful, customized document that includes contact info, a list of medications, and critical health data.

Emergency Evacuation Checklist | Customizable

A helpful way to prioritize what items to grab given different time frame limitations. We found it online and customized it for people with diabetes. It is available in Word or PDF. Thank you for sharing with your colleagues and community.

10 Steps to Survive the Holidays

A handout that practical tips on surviving the holidays for people with diabetes. Share with your friends, participants, and colleagues!

Diabetes Apps

Top Diabetes Apps Chart

A list of highly-rated diabetes apps that help build bridges between people living with diabetes and technology. These apps have excellent functionality and user interface drive, according to the technology experts at ADCES.

Table of recommended diabetes apps with details.

The use of DES products does not guarantee the successful passage of the diabetes certification exams. CBDCE & ADCES does not endorse any preparatory or review materials for the certification exams, except for those published by CBDCE & ADCES.

**To satisfy the requirement for renewal of certification by continuing education for the Certification Board for Diabetes Care & Education (CBDCE), continuing education activities must be applicable to diabetes and approved by a provider on the CBDCE List of Recognized Providers (www.ncbde.org). CBDCE does not approve of continuing education. Diabetes Education Services is accredited/approved by the Commission of Dietetic Registration which is on the list of CBDCE Recognized Providers.