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As an alternative to our complete Living Healthy with Diabetes
program, our diabetes education modules are offered at any
Ukrop’s Pharmacy location. Please ask your pharmacist.
These 15-20 minute education modules are individual educational
sessions conducted by Ukrop’s pharmacist by appointment.
These sessions are available to the general public at any store
and carry a fee of $25 each. Please call your nearest Ukrop’s
location for an appointment. Ukrop's Pharmacies: Locations
& Phone Numbers
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Diabetes
Overview
• Explanation of diabetes
• Short and long-term complications?
• What are the new guidelines and are you being
taken care of properly?
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Self-care
and avoiding complications
• Learn how to examine your own feet
• Develop a plan for follow-up with the needed health
care professionals
• Other self-care tips such as good dental care and
skin care |
Foot
Care at Home, Work and Play
• Performing a proper foot inspection
• Explaining the importance of foot care
• Selecting proper footwear to avoid complications |
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Sick-Day
Management
• Developing a sick-day plan
• Explaining the importance of taking medications
and eating regularly when sick
• Determine when to call their health-care professional
when they are sick
• Understand the process of checking ketones in
the blood or urine
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Behavior
change strategies and goal setting with diabetes
• Develop strategies to affect change in your life
• Set personal goals as they relate to diabetes care |
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Developing
an effective activity program
• Finding the right way for you to be active
• Learn how to monitor your heart rate, and
where it should be during exercise
• Goal setting and strategies to achieve
those goals
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Stress
and its effects on you and your blood glucose
• What is stress?
• How does it affect your diabetes?
• How can you decrease your stress level?
• Goal setting and strategies to achieve those goals |
Master
your monitor and learn how to use the results
• Getting started or a refresher on using a blood
glucose meter
• Learn how to understand the results
• How to learn from your blood glucose data and make
minor changes in habits |
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Medication
review and management strategies
• Review any possible drug-drug or drug-disease
interactions
• Review side effects and medication administration
information
• Develop an individualized daily medication plan
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Mastering
your insulin therapy
• Insulin administration technique
• Insulin device demonstration (pens and other devices)
• Managing low blood glucose
• Traveling with your insulin |
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