National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education

Hendrick Medical Center provides diabetes self-management education in accordance with National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education. Comprehensive diabetes self-management education includes the following:

Describing the diabetes disease process and treatment options.
- basic pathophysiology
- treatment modalities and choices
Incorporating appropriate nutritional management
- basics of eating
- interaction between food and blood glucose
- medical nutrition therapy
- individualized meal plan for the participant
Incorporating physical activity into lifestyle
- benefits of exercise
- effect of exercise on blood glucose
- precautions
Using medications (if applicable) for therapeutic effectiveness
- effect of medications on blood glucose
- actions of medications
- precautions with medications
Monitoring blood glucose and urine ketones (when appropriate) and using the results to improve control
- rationale for monitoring
- timing of monitoring
- benefits of monitoring
- monitoring techniques
Preventing, detecting, treating acute complications
- normoglycemia
- hypoglycemia
- hyperglycemia
- sick days
Preventing (through risk reduction behavior), detecting and treating chronic complications
- blood glucose and risk reduction
- diabetic retinopathy
- diabetic nephropathy
- diabetic neuropathy
- hygiene
Integrating psychosocial adjustment to daily life
- stress
- coping
- support
- resources
Goal setting to promote health and problem solving for daily living
- individualized personal goal(s) related to diabetes
- plan for behavior change