Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Along with her lab coat and stethoscope, Tracy Tucker's work supplies include a stuffed fabric pancreas and Rufus, a teddy bear with diabetes.
The bear, covered in colored patches that show where to test blood sugar and inject insulin, is an educational tool for Tucker, a nurse in the School City of Hammond.
Last summer Tucker was the first nurse to participate in a shadowing program a La Rabida Children's Hospital in Chicago, earning hours toward becoming a certified diabetes educator, or CDE.
In the school system, 42 students are diabetic, with either Type 1 or Type 2, she said.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/education/article/School-nurse-helps-students-with-diabetes-3996298.php
My pancreas is stuffed too! 😱 😉
The bear, covered in colored patches that show where to test blood sugar and inject insulin, is an educational tool for Tucker, a nurse in the School City of Hammond.
Last summer Tucker was the first nurse to participate in a shadowing program a La Rabida Children's Hospital in Chicago, earning hours toward becoming a certified diabetes educator, or CDE.
In the school system, 42 students are diabetic, with either Type 1 or Type 2, she said.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/education/article/School-nurse-helps-students-with-diabetes-3996298.php
My pancreas is stuffed too! 😱 😉