Judy is a 54-year-old divorced female with a lifelong history of schizophrenia. She has been stable on haloperidol 10 milligrams BID for the past 15 years. She lives in subsidized housing and receives public assistance. Her BMI is 22.4 and her last hemoglobin A1C is 6.6%. Her AIMS score is zero. She reports that she […]

Ms. T, an 18-year-old female from Missouri with cystic fibrosis, has been in southern California for 2 months. She was visiting Universal Studios in Los Angeles in January when she developed shaking, chills, fever and confusion and was brought to the hospital emergency department by her sister. She was hypotensive, dyspneic, tachypneic and hypoxemic with […]

 After being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, Nadia, a 19-year-old woman, visits a nurse coach for a first coaching session. Nadia states: “I had a feeling that my weight gain would affect my health but not on my sugar levels. My mom was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, and she is thin. I am confused! […]