"Diabetes education is a crucial part of a treatment plan. Diabetes education focuses on ways to incorporate disease management principles into your daily life and minimize your dependence on a health care provider.
Diabetes educators have identified three levels of diabetes education:
-Basic disease management, including basic "survival skills"
-Home management
-Lifestyle improvement
Basic disease management includes the knowledge and skills that a person who is newly diagnosed with diabetes must master before leaving the hospital or health care provider's office.""Diabetes Education." Medline Plus. A.D.A.M quality , n.d. Web. 29 Mar. 2011.
<http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003996.htm>.
This quote is saying what a diabetes educator does and on the article, beyond the quote is what each individual thing is and how it helps the patient. Diabetes educators help the patient just as much as an Endocrinologist does, if not more. According to the MUSC diabetes education book a diabetes educator trains patients on how to deal with their diabetes; they can answer questions, solve problems, and update you on the latest diabetes management information. In order to be a diabetes educator you have to be a registered nurse, RN, and have worked in the field for at least two years. Nutritionists, or dietitians, are also very important to a diabetic for they will educate the patient and their family on the meal plan that is to be followed. The more a diabetic knows about diabetes, the better.
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