Separating Diabetes Stigma, Distress, and Burnout to Increase Engagement

This recording meets the following Performance Indicators

• 8.2.1 Engages in educational activities to maintain knowledge and to obtain new knowledge of diseases and clinical conditions.

• 9.3.5 Uses a variety of strategies to deliver education.

• 9.6.8 Develop counseling or coaching goals in collaboration with clients.

CPE: From Commission of Dietetic Registration

• 1 CPE for $29.00

• Course number 176544

• Valid thru 4/25/23-4/25/26

• Level 2

Generic EMR Swipe File

The patient presented for their [Select initial, follow up, annual or change in conditions]

During the appointment patient is experiencing:

• Diabetes Stigma, DS

• Diabetes Distress, DD

• Diabetes Burnout, DB 

Listened, and Affirmed patients current experience.

Focus of session was to partner with patient to address [Select Stigma, Distress, Burnout]

• Affirmed the value of learning about diabetes.

• Affirmed the desire to set up a personalized diabetes plan.

• Affirmed steps taking [including: LIST].

Patient was offered information on Diabetes Stigma, Distress and Burnout

[Provide description of these for your EMR. Add to the patient education section of your EMR]

Create a goal for DS, DD, DB:

1. Affirm the patient’s Intention

2. Focus on PARTNERSHIP = Autonomy (It is your choice, what options do you want, what has work for your)

3. I have found it helpful to use the phase, “Paint me a picture of the steps you want to take between our appointments.” 

4. “How confident are you that you can do this? [Rate 1 (low) to 10 (high)]

5. “What might stop you from doing this?”

6. “Who can support you when difficulties arise?”

7. “How comfortable do you feel reaching out to me for support between appointments?”