Christine is available for appointments on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Christine comes with 7 years experience in Diabetes Education and prior to that, has over 22 years as a Nurse, having worked in aged care and as an ED nurse.
Christine has experience in encouraging clients to make informed decisions regarding self-care with Diabetes and Chronic conditions. She brings with her, a broad knowledge and background in delivery of care for clients living with T1DM and T2DM and Gestational Diabetes.
Christine’s goal is to foster self-empowerment with a focus on individuality and refer clients to other services when the situation arises, and to assist her patients to:
• Understand diabetes and make informed lifestyle and treatment choices
• Incorporate physical activity into daily life
• Use their medicines effectively and safely
• Monitor and interpret their blood glucose patterns
• Education in insulin therapy
Christine has extensive skills in continuous glucose monitoring both Abbots- Libre device and AMSL products and blood glucose machines.
She has been involved in programs with insulin startups and ongoing support such as clinics with Endocrinologists , GP’s , Allied Health Teams .