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National Certification Board For Diabetes Case Study

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Introduction
In 2010, 25.8 million Americans were diagnosed with diabetes. Two years later in 2012, the number of diabetic patients went form 25.8 million American to 29.1 million American diagnosed with diabetes (Overall Numbers, Diabetes and Prediabetes, 2014). The vast increase in diabetic cases in America is justifies a need for more educators to stir patients with the proper direction of managing this disease. In this information age, where the internet is our first option, computers and internet is our go to resource. Unfortunately, not all resources in the World Wide Web are creditable and can do more harm than aiding in the situation. More reliable resources that can provide evidence base information are diabetic educators. Education …show more content…

The initial tier of requirements to become a CDE governed by the National Certification Board for Diabetes (NCBDE) is to become an eligible healthcare professional, such as a nurse, pharmacist, physician, and/or a therapist. Secondly, the professional must accrue a minimum of 1,000 hours of education experience, in which 400 of those 1,000 hours must be accomplished prior to applying for certification (Shane-McWhorter, 2005). There are multiple levels centered on the diabetes education team. There are five different levels of care that is distinguished through credentialing, clinical performance, and policy execution. The levels are as …show more content…

Feddersen and Lockwood study examined the effects of diabetes education for over a year; in which a Certified Diabetes Educator was contracted for 20 hours a week to educate nursing staff and facilitate diabetes education for insulin dependent patient. The goal of the study was to see if inpatient education could improve glucose control, thus shortening length of stay. After providing follow-up surveys and multiple choice questionnaires, the results yielded a significant increase of more knowledge of patient that received diabetes education versus the controlled group who did not receive inpatient education. The increase in education awareness also yielded a result of more controlled glucose results. The reduction in length of stay through diabetes education produced a $31, 000 saving in medical cost for just 9

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