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Classes at Hendrick Medical Center
Hendrick Medical Center offers several classes designed to help you manage your diabetes.
Certified Diabetes Educators (CDE) provide self-management education related to children and adults with diabetes, their families and appropriate support systems.
Classes at HMC include:
Diabetes educators provide:
- Assessment of educational needs
- Assessment of current lab values
- An overview of diabetes and how your body works
- Assistance with patient designed self-management goals
- Self-monitoring and use of the results
- Individualized meal plan and medical nutrition therapy
- Medication teaching and insulin administration instruction
- Exercise and activity recommendations
- Education regarding prevention and management of acute and chronic complications
- Foot and skin care guidelines
- The signs, symptoms and treatment of low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) and high blood sugar (hyperglycemia)
- Sick day guidelines
- Gestational diabetes education
The Benefits of Diabetes Self-Management Education:
- Individualized assessment
- Individualized education
- Opportunity for family involvement
- Improved patient outcomes
- Reduced risk of complications
- Reduced medical care costs
Diabetes Self-Management Education at Hendrick Medical Center
- Inpatient diabetes survival skills education
- Outpatient education individual appointments
- Diabetes Self-Management Education Classes
- Diabetes workshops
- Community presentations on diabetes and related topics
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