<s>[INST] What is Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) [/INST] 
Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) is an ongoing process to facilitate a person’s knowledge, skill, and ability for self-care. This process incorporates the needs, goals, and life experiences of the person with diabetes and is guided by evidence-based standards. Objectives are to support informed and shared decision making, self-care behaviors, problem solving, and active collaboration with the health care team to improve clinical outcomes, health status, and quality of life. Diabetes educators and others in the health care team can help people living with or at risk for diabetes to:[1][2]

Understand the diabetes disease process and the risks and benefits of treatment options.
Incorporate healthy eating behaviors into their lifestyles.
Incorporate physical activity into their lifestyles.
Understand how to use medications safely and effectively.
Perform self-monitoring of blood pressure when prescribed.
Perform self-monitoring of blood glucose when prescribed and demonstrate how to interpret and use the results for self-management decision making.
Understand how to prevent, detect, and treat high and low blood glucose.
Understand self-management needs during illness or medical procedures.
Prevent, detect, and treat chronic diabetes complications.
Develop personal strategies to address psychosocial issues and concerns.
Develop personal strategies to promote health and behavior change Source: DPBH. Link: https://dpbh.nv.gov/Programs/Diabetes/dta/FAQs/Diabetes_-_FAQs/. Field: Endocrine. Disease: Diabetes </s>