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Diabetes Education for a Healthier Life · Bryan Health Podcasts

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  Melanie Cole, MS (Host): Welcome to Bryan Health Podcast.
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  I'm Melanie Cole.
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  And today we have Samantha Beckler.
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  She's a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist
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  with Bryan Diabetes Center.
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  And she's here to tell us about diabetes education today.
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  Samantha, thank you so much for joining us.
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  I'd like you to start by telling us a little bit about yourself, your experience
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  with Bryan, with diabetes and how long you've been doing diabetes education.
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  Samantha Beckler, RN, MSN, CDCES, CPT: Thanks for having me.
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  I am a Registered Nurse and I have been a Registered Nurse for over 25 years.
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  I have been with the Bryan organization for over 20.
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  I have been doing diabetes education as a Registered Nurse for the past eight years.
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  I have enjoyed helping many people with Type 2 diabetes, Type 1 diabetes,
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  and helping them start insulin pumps.
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  Host: Thank you for sharing that.
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  So what is diabetes education?
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  Samantha Beckler, RN, MSN, CDCES, CPT: Diabetes education is a way to help
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  people with diabetes learn about their disease more than just how to eat and
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  how not to eat, but how to navigate all types of situations they may occur.
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  Diabetes is a disease that affects every decision we make throughout the day.
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  And so giving them more information about that, has proven
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  to be very helpful for them.
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  Host: Well it certainly has.
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  So who is diabetes education for?
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  Who fits the profile for this type of help?
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  Samantha Beckler, RN, MSN, CDCES, CPT: The recommendation for diabetes education
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  by multiple organizations, including the American Diabetes Association, the Family
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  Physicians Association, the Dietetic Association, about 10 organizations
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  agree that diabetes education should be done when you're diagnosed,
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  annually when you're not meeting your treatment needs or your targets, when
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  complications develop, and when life transitions occur, such as changing jobs,
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  changing homes, that kind of thing.
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  Host: Well thank you for telling us who it's for and a good time to get it.
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  Now what about the benefits?
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  Tell us a little bit about what it entails.
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  Samantha Beckler, RN, MSN, CDCES, CPT: First and foremost, it helps reduce
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  the blood sugars or the A1Cs.
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  It also reduces mortality.
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  By research, it reduces hypoglycemia.
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  It reduces emergency department visits.
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  Helps weight management, helps people feel empowered with their diabetes
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  and decreases diabetes related distress and improves quality of life.
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  Host: What is it like?
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  Samantha Beckler, RN, MSN, CDCES, CPT: An appointment is more than one
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  session, We explain what causes diabetes for that person, because
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  everybody's is a little bit different.
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  We explain what's happening inside the body that makes the
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  blood sugars go up and down.
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  We explain what the targets are, what keeps people with diabetes safe.
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  We also explain how we can make their recipe right with the right foods, the
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  right activity, and the right medicines for them because everybody's recipe is
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  a little bit different when it comes to being able to get to the target.
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  Some people can't exercise.
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  Some people aren't able to change their meals much.
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  So helping them cope and get to the right targets.
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  We also talk about how to navigate difficulties such as when you're sick
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  and you can't take your medicines properly or when you travel.
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  And of course, how to navigate complications if you were to have
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  them or how to prevent them, because most of them are preventable.
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  Host: It's such an important and comprehensive way to help with management
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  for people living with diabetes.
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  If someone wants to be involved in diabetes education, how
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  do they go about doing that?
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  Samantha Beckler, RN, MSN, CDCES, CPT: In order to get involved, most
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  insurances do cover diabetes education as a benefit, but you would need your
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  diabetes doctor, whether it be your primary care doctor or somebody who is a
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  specialist, to order diabetes education and send it to a diabetes education team.
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  Host: Why don't you tell us, Samantha, about the Bryan Diabetes Center?
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  Tell us about your team.
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  Tell us about the center itself and everyone who's involved.
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  Samantha Beckler, RN, MSN, CDCES, CPT: So the Bryan Diabetes Center is
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  a team of 15 diabetes educators.
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  We are spanned across several different locations, some being in primary
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  care, some being at the Complete Endocrinology Office, which is a
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  specialist office, some being at the Bryan LifePointe facility still.
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  Those particular educators can see patients from any office.
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  Also, we have some educators that are at the hospital to help people navigate
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  diabetes inside the hospital because it's a very scary time of their lives.
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  Host: Samantha, this is such great information.
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  As we get ready to wrap up, please tell listeners what you would like them to
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  know about the importance of diabetes education, the help and support that you
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  can offer, and why it's so important that they manage and control their diabetes.
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  Samantha Beckler, RN, MSN, CDCES, CPT: Diabetes is an epidemic
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  in the United States.
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  . It is something that we are able to take care of our entire lives if we take good
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  care of our diabetes and pay attention to it because paying attention to it is
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  the key to not having bad outcomes happen such as amputations and kidney failure.
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  Diabetes education is a way to help you know how to navigate that
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  and how to take care of yourself.
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  . Our sessions are generally 30 minutes to an hour at a time,
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  and we are your best advocates to help you take care of yourself.
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  Host: That's wonderful, Samantha.
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  Thank you so much for joining us today and giving us such great information,
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  and Bryan offers several physician clinics that provide comprehensive
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  diabetes care for patients.
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  At these clinics, patients receive coordinated care important to diabetes
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  management that includes their provider, as well as certified diabetes educators,
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  registered dieticians, social workers, care navigators, and pharmacists.
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  Melanie Cole, MS (Host): Bryan also offers diabetes education
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  for the community overall.
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  Host: To learn more, please visit bryanhealth.org/diabetes.
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  That concludes this episode of Bryan Health Podcast.
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  I'm Melanie Cole.
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  Thanks so much for joining us today.